Baoyang Lake
c. 1588
Song Xu
Song Xu (Chinese, 1525-c. 1606)
Chinese Art
Eighteen Views of Huzhou: Baoyang Lake, c. 1588. Song Xu (Chinese, 1525-c. 1606). Album; ink and color on silk; sheet: 26.4 x 28.4 cm (10 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1998.78.14
- Maker/Artist
- Song Xu
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- album; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 26.4 x 28.4 cm (10 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 包陽湖：自此數里，東出太湖甚近。北至香山可數里。過此即宜興界矣。 Translation: Leaf 4. Baoyang Lake: Several li from here to the east, one can exit through Lake Tai, which is quite near. Just a few li to the north is the township of Xiangshan. Having arrived there, one will cross over the border to the city of Yixing.
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1998.78.14
- Credit Line
- The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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