南宋 馬麟 蘭花圖 冊頁 絹本|Orchids
second quarter of the 13th century
Medium
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 10 7/16 x 8 7/8 in. (26.5 x 22.5 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Gift of The Dillon Fund, 1973
Accession Number
1973.120.10
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the delicate beauty of *Orchids*, an album leaf masterpiece by Ma Lin, a renowned court painter of China's Southern Song dynasty (112–1279). Created the second quarter of the13th century, this intimate work captures blooming orchids in ink and color on silk, measuring just 10 7/16 x 8 7/8 inches. During the Southern Song era, after the north fell to invaders, the imperial court relocated south, fostering a golden age of refined literati arts. Ma Lin, part of the esteemed Ma family of academy artists and brother to Ma Yuan, excelled in bird-and-flower paintings that embodied elegance and...
About the Artist
Ma Lin · 1180–1256
Chinese, ca. 1180– after 1256