明 徐霖 行書宋陳與義《雨中觀秉仲家月桂》詩 扇面|Rain on Laurel Blossoms
Xu Lin
Date unknown · Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold-flecked paper · Asian Art
Xu Lin was a scholar-artist whose diverse talents ranged from painting to playwriting to calligraphy. This fan preserves his transcription of an ode to the beauty of rain-laden laurel flowers by the poet Chen Yuyi (1091–1138).
- Artist
- Xu Lin
- Date
- Date unknown
- Medium
- Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold-flecked paper
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
