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Blossoming Plum
Xiang Shengmo
An elegant 17th-century Chinese ink painting of plum blossoms, celebrating spring and quiet resilience.
Plum Blossoms
Wang Shishen
1735 · Paper
This 1735 ink-on-paper painting by Wang Shishen captures the resilient beauty of winter plum blossoms through masterful calligraphic brushwork.
$243
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Where it works
A calm artwork with moderate presence with warm, lived-in color — adds structure to a more polished room.
- Often works in
- Bedroom · Living Room · Study
- Placement
- Strong for entryways, narrow walls, and vertical placements
- Walls
- Best with clear wall contrast
- Color notes
- Soft sage, Soft gray, Charcoal black
About the piece
Created in 1735, this work by Wang Shishen, one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, showcases the artist's celebrated ability to render plum blossoms. The gnarled branches are depicted with strong, textured ink strokes that contrast beautifully with the delicate, pale blossoms, embodying the traditional Chinese virtues of resilience and purity.
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