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Ducks under Reeds

Ducks under Reeds

蘆鴨圖

1400s

China, Ming dynasty

(1368–1644)

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

Overall: 122.5 x 79.4 cm (48 1/4 x 31 1/4 in.)

Gift of Charles L. Freer 1915.117

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The artist realistically represented that the Mandarin duck is a sexually dimorphic species, meaning males and females differ in appearance.

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