Aigrettes and Water Lily， a Ming Dynasty（1368.1644） painting by Lü Ji， ink and color on silk， 192.6cm× 111.9cm， in the collection of the Palace Museum， Taipei.
Lü Ji（1477.？） was a famous court painter in the Ming Dynasty. His extant works are mainly flower-and-bird paintings. He was good at drawing mandarin duck and peacock. This work puts weeping willow， water lily and withered lotus together， increasing a sense of vitality for the cold autumn. Three egrets， two flying in the sky and one standing in the water， also bring a little more vigor to the painting.