Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 8

Description

Leaf 8 Li Bing's colophon reads: Maple leaves drift in the wind, the autumn gusts bracing, Hibiscus flowers steeped with water, the evening breeze light. The moonlight's slanting beams shine upon dreaming lovers. No wonder that pair of fowl should dream of their absent partners.

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-)

Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 8

Fan Qi

early 1650s

Accession Number

1975.22.8

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

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund