Hydrangeas, Camellias, and Magpies (Translation)
繡球花開圖軸 清康熙乙酉年 孫億 絹本設色 (Primary Title)
Sun Yi 孫億, (Chinese, 1638-1712 or later) (Artist)
Sun Yi’s preference for botanical subjects is fully illustrated in this garden scene depicting magpies amid seasonal flowers such as hydrangeas, camellias, and peonies. The intricate fine lines and lavish colors define every miniscule detail. Sun Yi spent most of his life in Fuzhou on China’s Fujian coast, where he introduced his works to Japan through his students from the court of the Ryukyu Kingdom islands. Alongside the Ryukyu-School of painting created by these court artists, Sun greatly influenced 18th-century Japanese painting.
Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662–1722)
于峰孫億 Yufeng Sun Yi
Three artist's seals: 于峰道者, 孫億之印, 惟年 (Yufeng daozhe, Sun Yi zhiyin, Weinian)
康熙乙酉年春于峰孫億寫 (Painted by Yufeng Sun Yi in spring of yiyou year of Kangxi reign)
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment
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