Leisure Enough to Spare

1360

Yao Tingmei

Yao Tingmei (Chinese, active mid-1300s)

Chinese Art

Leisure Enough to Spare, 1360. Yao Tingmei (Chinese, active mid-1300s). Handscroll, ink on paper; image: 23.1 x 84 cm (9 1/8 x 33 1/16 in.); overall: 23.8 x 734 cm (9 3/8 x 289 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1954.791

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Yao Tingmei
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: handscroll, ink on paper
Medium: handscroll, ink, paper
Dimensions: Image: 23.1 x 84 cm (9 1/8 x 33 1/16 in.); Overall: 23.8 x 734 cm (9 3/8 x 289 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: 至正廿年春正月_日作此併系鄙語于尾地偏人遠閉柴關，滿院松陰白晝閒。眼底風塵渾忘却，坐看流水臥看山。吳興姚廷美畫 Translation: Artist's inscription, poem, and signature: In the first month of spring in the twentieth year of the reign of Zhizheng [1360], I painted this and attached a few rustic words at the end of the scroll. A secluded place, one may close the thatch door./ In a courtyard fully shaded by pines, a moment of daytime leisure awaits./ Sights of wind and dust can be utterly forgotten./ One sits to view the cascades, or lies down [better] to see the hills. Painted by Yao Tingmei of Wuxing Inscription: 23 colophons and 53 seals (dates unavailable for some): 1 colophon, dated 1360, and 2 seals of Yang Weizhen (1296-1370); 1 colophon and 3 seals of Wan Yi; 1 colophon of Zhang Junde; 1 colophon and 3 seals of Angji (act. ca. mid-14th c.); 1 colophon and 1 seal of Xu Shiquan; 1 colophon and 3 seals of Gao Yu; 1 colophon and 2 seals of Li Mingfu; 1 colophon and 2 seals of Lu Lin; 1 colophon and 1 seal of Zhang Qian; 1 colophon of Tao Tangwen; 1 colophon and 1 seal of Wu Yuangui (act. ca. 1300-60); 1 colophon of Bao Jiong; 1 colophon of Wang Zao; 1 colophon and 1 seal of Ma Chuyi; 1 colophon and 1 seal of Lin Yizhuang; 1 colophon and 1 seal of Gu Shunju; 1 colophon and 2 seals of Wang Jing; 1 colophon and 2 seals of Lin Shouchang; 1 colophon and 1 seal of Gao Zhidao; 1 colophon of Lin Xun; 1 colophon, dated 1359, and 2 seals of Meng Weicheng (act. mid-14th c.); 1 colophon and 1 seal of Meng Zhiji (act. mid-l4th c.); 14 seals of Liang Qingbiao 梁清標 (1620-1691); 1 poem dated 1755 and 5 seals of the Qianlong 乾隆 emperor (r. 1736-95); 2 seals of the Jiaqing 嘉慶 emperor (r. 1796-1821); 3 seals of the Xuantong 宣統 emperor (r. 1909-11). Inscription: Title on frontispiece by Zhang Bi 章弼: Signed Gongchen 拱辰
Departments: Chinese Art
Accession Number: 1954.791
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Exhibitions: Chinese Landscape Painting, Art: The International Language, The Scholar in Art, Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), The Colors of Ink, Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection, Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art, <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 122)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 4, 2003-July 23, 2003)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 242)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 21, 2013-July 28, 2014).
Rights Statement: CC0