Egrets

Bái Lù

There is no title printed on this painting. If there was, it might be 白鷺 or "bái lù" which means, "Egrets" or more literally "White Heron".

The characters read 丁酉年, an ancient way to indicate that this was painted in 2017. The artist signed it, 袁野畫, or "Yuan Ye Painted" (畫 is a character that in this context means, "painted by").

Materials used are watercolors on handmade xuan paper. The painting was then mounted with a copper-brown-colored silk brocade matting/border.

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About the Artist:

This was hand painted by (Yuan Ye) who lives near Guilin in Southern China. Most of his paintings feature fish which are his specialty.