Ducks under Reeds
1400s
hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of July 2026
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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
The artist realistically represented that the Mandarin duck is a sexually dimorphic species, meaning males and females differ in appearance.
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