Bian Jingzhao

Bian Jingzhao, Bamboo and Cranes, Palace Museum, Beijing

Bian Jingzhao (simplified Chinese: 边景昭; traditional Chinese: 邊景昭), styled Wenjin (文进）, was a famed Chinese painter in the early Ming Dynasty. His birth and death years are unknown. He was a native of Longxi in Gansu Province ^[1] and was active 1426-1435.^[2]

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  Snow Plum and Twin Cranes

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  Birds Flocking at Flowers and Bamboo

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  Three Friends and One Hundred Birds

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  Bamboo and Cranes - Twin Clarity

Notes

1. 中国古代书画鑑定组: Page 8.
2. Barnhart: Page 203.

References

• Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07013-6
• 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.