宋 佚名 觀瀑圖 團扇|Gentlemen gazing at a waterfall
Li Tang|Unidentified artist
13th century · Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk · Asian Art
The people who occupy premodern Chinese landscape paintings are often shown appreciating nature, as if teaching the viewer by example how to engage with the world around them. Here, two gentlemen sit in the shade of a bamboo grove absorbed in the sight and sound of a small waterfall plunging into a stream.
- Artist
- Li Tang|Unidentified artist
- Date
- 13th century
- Medium
- Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
