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內容簡介（英文） |
In a wintry snow scene, a waxwing, grosbeaks, one mynah, and sparrows perch on the bamboo and plum branches. This subject matter is comparable to that in The Three Friends and One Hundred Birds by Pien Wen-chin. The artist has used a horizontal format for this painting which differs markedly from the usual hanging scroll format. Perhaps the painting in its original state was a large composition which has been cut down. The nodes of the bamboo are outlined with heavy brushwork, and the spaces between the nodes are unpainted, a trait characteristic of Pien Wen-chin. The artist has used charcoal black ink, a substance made of lamp black and glue, for the feathers of the mynah. He also used a worn brush dipped in white powder to dab small white specks onto the branches to signify snow. This is a technique which Lu Chi employed in most of his paintings. According to stylistic analysis, this painting was executed by a Ming dynasty (1368-1644) artist who imitated the style of Pien Wen-chin and Lu Chi.
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