明 朱鷺 墨竹詩畫 摺扇|Bamboo and poem
Zhu Lu
early 17th century · Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold-flecked paper · Asian Art
Zhu Lu was an impoverished scholar from Suzhou who devoted himself to bamboo painting and poetry. This folding fan combines the two into an elegant composition: a wispy tendril of young bamboo reaches in from the right side, pointing toward the artist’s poem, which reads, in part: New branches, half newly grown green sheaves; Jade feeling, how richly shaped and carved! I linger, come to hidden blue-green colors; Here all suits my heart, nothing is at odds. —Translation by Jonathan Chaves
- Artist
- Zhu Lu
- Date
- early 17th century
- 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
