Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Qian Xuan - Early Autumn.jpg

Early Autumn

Reason

A well-known example of

Yuan Dynasty

, and it was rather subversive of him to include the veiled criticism.

Articles this image appears in

Bird-and-flower painting

Creator

Signed by Qian Xuan, although scholars are divided about whether it's really his work

• Support as nominator --
  chat} 17:58, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Support High enc. Ideally would prefer a larger file of a less damaged original, but considering the age of this work we're fortunate to have it in as good shape as this. Excellent step toward countering systemic bias. Durova^Charge! 20:18, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Good ev. Very nice scan, as well. Ceran →(cheer→chime →carol) 02:37, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Am I crazy or are there no birds or flowers in this? Ok, should have read the caption - I guess it is sarcasm that there are no birds or flowers. An ideally high EV would be a more representative example of the type, but it still has good EV, and there are no other images in the article. Fletcher (talk) 16:55, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Very impressive; definitely deserving of FP status. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 17:57, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Good EV and scan. Do you have a source that says this is "a veiled criticism"? Makeemlighter (talk) 19:36, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, the source web site (
    chat} 21:56, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply
    ]
• Weak support. Weak only because I'm new to this genre of painting. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 11:18, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]