清
冊 紙本設色
Qing dynasty
Album leaf, ink and colors on paper
33cm (H) x 22cm (W)
此作作者不明，畫上僅有宣統時期的印記。作品共十六開，以瑰麗的顏色，描繪各種奇形怪狀的海中生物，有些似有根據，有些似為想像，須再作研究。木板封面上刻有「戊辰年」，究竟是指乾隆十三年(1748年)，嘉慶十三年(1808年)，還是同治七年(1868年)，亦須再作比對研究。
The artist(s) of this work are unknown. There are no inscriptions or other texts on it but a record seal of the reign of the Hsüan-t’ung Emperor (1908- 1911) does appear. Composed of 16 leaves, the album was painted with an extraordinary variety of colors to depict unusual and exotic sea life. Some of them appear to be based on actual species found in nature, while others look as if they are imaginative constructions, though it requires further research. The wooden cover of the album is engraved with the characters for the “wu-ch’en” cyclical year. Recurring every 60 years, the possible years include 1748, 1808, and 1868. Further research is, again, required to date this work more precisely.
