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Bian Jingzhao

Bian Jingzhao, styled Wenjin, was a famed Chinese painter in the early Ming dynasty. His birth and death years are unknown. He was born in Sanming, Fujian into a family of Longxi origin, and was active 1426–1435. • Illustration — Bian Jingzhao, Bamboo and Cranes, Palace Museum, Beijing • Illustration — Snow Plum and Twin Cranes • Illustration — Birds Flocking at Flowers and Bamboo • Illustration — Three Friends and One Hundred Birds • Illustration — Bamboo and Cranes - Twin Clarity

Also recorded as Pien Wen-chin · Jingzhao Bian · Pien Ching-Chao · Ching-chao Pien

Bian Jingzhao

Birds Flocking at Flowers and Bamboo, hanging scroll, Color on silk, 137.7 x 65.5 cm. Located at the Shanghai Museum. An alternate name is Spring Birds and Flowering Trees.

Bian Jingzhao · Zhongguo gu dai shu hua jian ding zu (中国古代书画鑑定组). 2000. Zhongguo hui hua quan ji (中国绘画全集). Zhongguo mei shu fen lei quan ji. Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she. Volume 10. · Public domain

Born
1355
Died
1428
Nationality
Ming dynasty
Occupation
court painter · painter

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Bian Jingzhao, styled Wenjin, was a famed Chinese painter in the early Ming dynasty. His birth and death years are unknown. He was born in Sanming, Fujian into a family of Longxi origin, and was active 1426–1435. • Illustration — Bian Jingzhao, Bamboo and Cranes, Palace Museum, Beijing • Illustration — Snow Plum and Twin Cranes • Illustration — Birds Flocking at Flowers and Bamboo • Illustration — Three Friends and One Hundred Birds • Illustration — Bamboo and Cranes - Twin Clarity

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