元/明 佚名 絹本設色 貨郎嬰戲圖 扇頁|Knickknack Peddler
Unidentified artist|Li Song
13th–15th century · Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk · Asian Art
The image of a traveling salesman laden with wares was popular in premodern Chinese figure painting. While some examples show an elegant environment that suggests some kind of costume play in a palace, this is a more rustic scene, in which both the knickknack peddler and the mother wear humble, rumpled clothes. One can sense the anticipation among the four young children as they clamor for toys and snacks.
- Artist
- Unidentified artist|Li Song
- Date
- 13th–15th century
- Medium
- Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Purchase, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1973
