南宋 佚名 猿鹿圖 冊頁|Gibbons and Deer
Unidentified artist
Date unknown · Album leaf; ink and color on silk · Asian Art
This painting is a rebus or pictorial pun, that conveys a wish for success on an examination. The Chinese title of the painting, Yuan lu ("gibbons and deer"), is a homophone for the expression "First [place gains] power." Thus, the painting must be read as a text, its images read as words.
- Artist
- Unidentified artist
- Date
- Date unknown
- Medium
- Album leaf; ink and color on silk
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Edward Elliott Family Collection, Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1982
