南宋 佚名 雪景待渡圖 團扇|Waiting for the Ferry
Unidentified artist
early 13th century · Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk · Asian Art
In this stark scene of barren trees and snow-covered, distant mountains, the artist has combined the "one-corner" compositional formula of the Song Imperial Painting Academy with the Fan Kuan (active ca. (990–1030) idiom of "small ax-cut" stippled rocks and stocky trees with bare, stubby branches to evoke a mood of chilly quietude. The scene focuses on two travelers awaiting the arrival of a ferryman in his small boat. The angular foreground boulders and spiky trees contrast with the gray-and-white expanse of water, sky, and snowshrouded mountains, set off by a flock of circling birds—emphasizing the sense of hushed stillness.
- Artist
- Unidentified artist
- Date
- early 13th century
- Medium
- Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
