Description
Herdboys tend their buffalo in a bucolic landscape by a winding stream. Guo Min emphasizes the massive forms and mighty power of the animals, transforming them into forces of nature.
The poem in the first scroll reads: "The bulls are engaging in fighting, Cautiously, each seeks to overcome the other. The herdboy calmly stands by. Untying his belt, he silently watches."
The poem in the second scroll reads: "Together, they wade through the middle of the stream, Mindless of perils in the journey. The grass grows tall in the village ahead, While the mist and rain spread far and wide."
The poem in the first scroll reads: "The bulls are engaging in fighting, Cautiously, each seeks to overcome the other. The herdboy calmly stands by. Untying his belt, he silently watches."
The poem in the second scroll reads: "Together, they wade through the middle of the stream, Mindless of perils in the journey. The grass grows tall in the village ahead, While the mist and rain spread far and wide."
Provenance
Shokado Shojo 松花堂昭乗 [1584–1639], Japan; Otokoyama Hachiman-gu 男山八幡宮, Kyoto, Japan; Baron Morimura Kaisaku 男爵 森村開作 [1873–1962], Japan; (Kaikodo America Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1999); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1999–)
Accession Number
1999.216
Medium
Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 92.7 x 56.5 cm (36 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund
