Description
This leaf is an early example of a new mode in landscape painting expressed in vistas of water-rich scenery that developed since the 900s. Li Anzhong, a court artist during the 1100s, witnessed the transition of the capital from Kaifeng across the Yangzi River to Hangzhou.
Provenance
Gao Shiqi 高士奇 [1645–1703], Hangzhou, China; C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY; Walter Hochstadter [1914–2007], New York, NY; Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?–1963); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1963–)
Accession Number
1963.588
Medium
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Overall: 24.2 x 26.3 cm (9 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
