Silver Pheasants under Spring Blossoms: the jubilee acquisition has arrived in the Rijksmuseum

The jubilee acquisition of the  VVAK, Silver Pheasants under Spring Blossoms, a unique and impressive Chinese painting on silk by Ye Shuangshi from the late fifteenth-early sixteenth century, has arrived in the Rijksmuseum.  In the images below curators  Ching-Ling Wang and Menno Fitski are busy unpacking the painting.
The painting will soon be on view in the Asian Pavilion!