Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf G (previous leaf 7)

1668

Xiao Yuncong

Xiao Yuncong (Chinese, 1596–1673)

Chinese Art

Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf G (previous leaf 7), 1668. Xiao Yuncong (Chinese, 1596–1673). Album leaf, ink and light color on paper; overall: 21 x 15.8 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1955.302.7 The season depicted in this leaf is ambiguous, but the presence of bamboo and pine (two of the "three friends" 歲寒三友) points to winter.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Xiao Yuncong
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: album leaf, ink and light color on paper
Medium: album, leaf, ink, light, color, paper
Dimensions: Overall: 21 x 15.8 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Artist's inscription, signature, and 8 seals: Leaf G. Only at the mountain top are there pines, at the water's edge, bamboo./ Old men from the country often come here to spend the night in the fog./ The hectic pace of worldly affairs is no more to me than drifting clouds;/ My universe does not extend beyond my thatched hut./ What could be better than to grab a walking stick and head to the west of the river,/ Striving to write a new poem that will tease the common crowd. Yuncong [seal] Xiao Yuncong Inscription: 9 additional seals: 2 of Chen Yixi 陳奕禧 (1646-1709); 4 of Li Yufen 李玉棻 [Li Yunhu 李韵湖] (active mid-1800s); 3 unidentified.
Departments: Chinese Art
Accession Number: 1955.302.7
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Exhibitions: The Colors of Ink, <em>Conference on Oriental-Western Literary and Cultural Relations</em>. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1974)., <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</em>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).
Rights Statement: CC0