Baoyang Lake

c. 1588

Song Xu

Song Xu (Chinese, 1525-c. 1606)

Chinese Art

Eighteen Views of Huzhou: Baoyang Lake, c. 1588. Song Xu (Chinese, 1525-c. 1606). Album; ink and color on silk; sheet: 26.4 x 28.4 cm (10 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1998.78.14

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Song Xu
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: album; ink and color on silk
Medium: album, ink, color, silk
Dimensions: Sheet: 26.4 x 28.4 cm (10 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: 包陽湖：自此數里，東出太湖甚近。北至香山可數里。過此即宜興界矣。 Translation: Leaf 4. Baoyang Lake: Several li from here to the east, one can exit through Lake Tai, which is quite near. Just a few li to the north is the township of Xiangshan. Having arrived there, one will cross over the border to the city of Yixing.
Departments: Chinese Art
Accession Number: 1998.78.14
Credit Line: The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Exhibitions: <em>Main Asian Gallery Rotation (Gallery 122)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 4-July 23, 2003).
Rights Statement: CC0