[Figure 1] is a Chinese bird-and-flower painting pasted on H. 2154, fol. 21a. The size is 40.8 × 24.4 cm. It is drawn on a silk, but 3 pieces are pasted together. This is because to conform the painting into the album (68.0 × 50.0 cm), the original painting was cut and the margins were trimmed to make it smaller. On the upper right, there is a signature and seal saying “Sha-yang Chang-shih yuan-shan沙昜(陽)張氏遠善,” “Yu-hsi Han-mo遊戯翰墨 (pleasure of brush ink).” The two birds, characterized by a bright yellow and black back of the head, are the auspicious birds of China called the Yellow Bird 黄鳥. (His other name is Oriolus chinensis高麗鶯.) Considering the style of paintings and the cultural background of the exchange between the Timur dynasty and the Ming dynasty, it can be said that this is an example of Chinese paintings from the Ming dynasty.
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