https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/72197/fullButterfliesQing dynasty, 1891Round fan painting: ink and colors on silkAcquired through the George and Mary Rockwell Fund74.063.0010Four butterflies of different varieties hover above what appears to be a marsh of grasses. Three butterflies form a triangle at the lower center of the composition; the fourth is off on its own to the left side. Artist's inscription on the upper right includes a five-character poetic couplet in standard script. Two seals of the artist follow the date and signature; an additional seal on the lower left. This work was presented (for correction) to a teacher named Mei Ong on a summer day in the year of Xin Mao.Paintings18938937485Yang Pei74.063.001_Disc7_035