{"product_id":"irises-st-johns-wort-and-butterfly","title":"Irises, St. John's Wort, and Butterfly — Wen Ying","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn album leaf depicting irises, st. john's wort, and butterfly, painted in ink and colour on silk in the \u003cem\u003emogu\u003c\/em\u003e (boneless) technique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWen Ying (文瑩). c. 1918.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWen Ying was a late Qing and early Republic period artist working in the \u003cem\u003ehuaniaohua\u003c\/em\u003e (flower-and-bird painting) tradition. The \u003cem\u003emogu\u003c\/em\u003e technique — building forms through layered colour washes without ink outlines — gives these paintings their characteristic softness and luminosity. This leaf comes from an album of flower-and-butterfly studies that demonstrates refined brushwork and a delicate sense of colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInk and colour on silk. Sheet size approximately 27.8 × 33.8 cm. Good.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Nest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50745511772446,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5660\/0862\/files\/Silk_Butterflies_-_002_thumb_25dd100c-f58d-4b0e-8c66-a799ba187e40.jpg?v=1774829690","url":"https:\/\/phoenixnest.com.au\/products\/irises-st-johns-wort-and-butterfly","provider":"Phoenix Nest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}