Tall hanging scroll on silk with a bird on bamboo stalks, a pale garden rock, and flowers below, under a column of calligraphy.

Tapestry: Bamboos, Flowers, Birds, and Insects

A tall hanging scroll on silk shows a bird perched on slender bamboo stalks beside a pale garden rock with blossoming flowers below. Dark blue-green ground, fine linear brushwork, and a column of calligraphy at upper right frame the composition.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 1575-1725
Medium: Color on silk
Source: Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size: 548 × 1480 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1725).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

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