# Peonies and Irises on a Rock

- By: Wu Mou
- Date: 1750
- Medium: ink, dye, silk
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 156 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Ernst Heldring bequest, 1954)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-291--5e4984d98cd14f5b37c8465cf6f8fe90)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/586ce7a63939170ec87a813920fb3904.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 garden in springtime is filled with purple irises and peonies in different colours, including red, pink and purple. This painting is said to have once decorated the wall of a brothel. The peony is considered a symbol of love and feminine beauty.