Untitled
Unknown
late 16th–early 17th century · Ivory · Asian Art
The motif of a scholar gentleman riding in a moonlight landscape is also found in Chinese paintings. In this richly carved scene, the scholar rides on horseback while four young attendants carry his supplies and a fifth hastens to open the gate to the family compound. The scholar gentleman is understood to be returning from a spring outing filled with wine and poetry.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 16th–early 17th century
- Medium
- Ivory
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1993
