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 on this 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 on this 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
1999.216.2
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions
Image: 91 x 56 cm (35 13/16 x 22 1/16 in.); Overall with knobs: 193 x 75.4 cm (76 x 29 11/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund
