元/明 佚名 竹榻小憩圖 冊頁|Man Sleeping on a Bamboo Couch
Unidentified artist
Date unknown · Album leaf; ink and color on silk · Asian Art
The three-panel screen painting within this painting creates a metaphorical, as well as illusionistic, space within an intimate composition. The sleeping scholar, his contented face turned toward the viewer, seems to be dreaming peacefully. The artist cannot depict the gentleman's dream, but the mesmerizing pattern of waves covering the screen that encloses the man is highly suggestive of his serene state of mind.
- Artist
- Unidentified artist
- Date
- Date unknown
- Medium
- Album leaf; ink and color on silk
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- From the Collection of A. W. Bahr, Purchase, Fletcher Fund, 1947
