Description
Fan Qi's painting for the third leaf of the album evokes Wang Wei's poetic line: Sit and watch the clouds rising.
Xu Fang's calligraphic colophon reads:
Green are the reeds, the sun not yet set;
Tree foliage and mountain colors divide the lake into two halves.
A solitary recluse sits upon a flat bluff,
Occasionally observing white clouds rising from the mountain tops.
Xu Fang's calligraphic colophon reads:
Green are the reeds, the sun not yet set;
Tree foliage and mountain colors divide the lake into two halves.
A solitary recluse sits upon a flat bluff,
Occasionally observing white clouds rising from the mountain tops.
Provenance
Tomioka Tessai 富岡鐵齋 [1836–1924]; (Robert G. Sawers [b. c. 1934], London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1975); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1975-)
Accession Number
1975.22.3
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.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
