Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 4

early 1650s

Fan Qi

Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616-aft 1694)

Chinese Art

Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 4, early 1650s. Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616-aft 1694). Album leaf, ink and color on silk; image: 12.6 x 17.3 cm (4 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.); overall: 21 x 22 cm (8 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1975.22.4 There is no sign of human presence in this sunny landscape dominated by a bold flat-topped cliff.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Fan Qi
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: album leaf, ink and color on silk
Medium: album, leaf, ink, color, silk
Dimensions: Image: 12.6 x 17.3 cm (4 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.); Overall: 21 x 22 cm (8 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Artist seal: Fan Qi 樊圻. Poem by Xu Fang 徐枋 (1622–1694): By chance, I start my journey from the watershed to remote regions,/ Suddenly I sight the silhouette of mountains - myriad expanses of green./ What is this "Come-flying" Peak which now does not recede,/ Its rocky walls, linked to heaven, are drenched by a waterfall. Remark: Fei-lai (Come-flying) Peak, a rocky hill at West Lake, Hangzhou, was said to have flown there from its original site, the Vulture Peak in Central India.
Departments: Chinese Art
Accession Number: 1975.22.4
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Exhibitions: Year in Review: 1975, <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)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 242)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 7-July 7, 2015).
Rights Statement: CC0