# Silver Pheasants under Spring Blossoms

- By: Ye Shuangshi (ca. –ca.)
- Date: c. 1500
- Medium: ink, silk
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 287.5 cm x width 142.5 cm
- Credit line: Shared purchase with the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands, made possible by the B.J. Peiser bequest
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-1744--51b8a82070c8e14ef26ab1d48ac92b41)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/b4bbfdb89feb2dbb871a2307ba2b8f23.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This painting features a pair of silver pheasants scratching around a garden, while songbirds flit between rocks and a profusion of spring flowers: magnolia, crab-apple blossoms, peonies, roses, and orchids, as well as lingzhi mushrooms. Overall the painting conveys an auspicious message of everlasting prosperity. The painting’s monumental scale suggests it was made to create a compelling and pleasing visual effect.