Description
The fourth painting by Fan Qi alludes to Wang Wei's poetic lines:
In empty hills, there is no one there;
Yet one can hear the sound of conversation.
The calligraphic colophon by Xu Fang adjacent to the painting reads:
By chance, I start my journey from the watershed to remote regions,
Suddenly I see the silhouette of mountains, myriad expanses of green.
What is this Feilai Peak which now does not recede?
Its rocky walls, linked to heaven, are drenched by a waterfall.
In empty hills, there is no one there;
Yet one can hear the sound of conversation.
The calligraphic colophon by Xu Fang adjacent to the painting reads:
By chance, I start my journey from the watershed to remote regions,
Suddenly I see the silhouette of mountains, myriad expanses of green.
What is this Feilai Peak which now does not recede?
Its rocky walls, linked to heaven, are drenched by a waterfall.
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
1975.22.4
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
