Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 3
early 1650s
Fan Qi
Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616-aft 1694)
Chinese Art
Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 3, early 1650s. Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616-aft 1694). Album leaf, ink and color on silk; image: 12.6 x 17.3 cm (4 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.); overall: 21 x 22 cm (8 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1975.22.3 A waterfall descends between two mountains; the series of cascades is hinted by the careful placement of intermittent rocks.
- Maker/Artist
- Fan Qi
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- album leaf, ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Image: 12.6 x 17.3 cm (4 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.); Overall: 21 x 22 cm (8 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Artist seal: Fan Qi 樊圻. Poem by Xu Fang 徐枋 (1622–1694): Green are the reeds, the sun not yet set;/ Tree foliage and mountain colors divide the lake in two halves./ A solitary recluse sits upon a flat bluff,/ Occasionally observing white clouds rising from the mountain tops.
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1975.22.3
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1975, <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</em>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 242)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 7-July 7, 2015).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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