清/現代　齊白石　燈下戲鼠圖　軸|Rats and a Lamp

Qi Baishi

1947 · Framed hanging scroll; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Beneath an oil lamp, three rats scurry over a blue, cloth-bound book. The artist’s inscription reads: Rats would wish all people to be rich; The thought behind the wish is not selfless. In the dinghai year [1947], painted by the eighty-seven year old Baishi. --Translation by Keita Itoh and Lawrence Wu

Artist

Qi Baishi

Date

1947

Medium

Framed hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Bequest of Robert H. Ellsworth, 2014