# Drake and lotus flowers

**Huang Jucai** (933-after 993)  
1279-1368  
Ink and color on paper  
H x W: 87 x 55.7 cm (34 1/4 x 21 15/16 in)

Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, F1919.113. [The museum's record](https://asia.si.edu/object/F1919.113/).

## About this work

Huang Jucai painted this in 1279-1368. It is now at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Ink on paper.** Ink made from soot and animal glue, ground with water on an inkstone. A single brush can give a hair-fine line or a broad wash, and nothing can be corrected.

### [Huang Jucai](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/huang-jucai)

933-after 993

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Chinese
- Real size: about 34 × 22 in (87 × 56 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 12 × 16 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 13th century
- Movement: [Chinese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/chinese-painting)
- Subjects: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Flowers, Lotus
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1816.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1816/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/drake-and-lotus-flowers-si-fsg-f1919-113).