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

Early Autumn

 * Reason:A well-known example of bird-and-flower painting, a style of Chinese painting that was prominent in the 13th century, (likely) by one of the masters of that style. These types of paintings were popular with the Mongols, who had recently established the 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

--Noodle snacks (talk) 11:48, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator --  howcheng  {chat} 17:58, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * Support - Good ev. Very nice scan, as well. Ceran →(cheer→chime →carol) 02:37, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * Support Very impressive; definitely deserving of FP status. ~  ωαdεstεr 16 «talkstalk» 17:57, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * Yes, the source web site (Detroit Institute of Arts).  howcheng  {chat} 21:56, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak support. Weak only because I'm new to this genre of painting. Papa Lima Whiskey  (talk) 11:18, 22 December 2008 (UTC)