Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 8
1654
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
About the artist
1654
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 8 is a 1654 unspecified by Fan Qi, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a small, quiet scene: two ducks sleeping on a rock while maple leaves drift down and hibiscus blooms float in water. The poem written on the painting says the ducks dream of their missing partners. It’s a rare moment where words and image work together—something not all Chinese artists did. The artist, Fan Qi, lived through war and change, and his work often feels personal, like a private thought. If you like this, look up more about china, qing dynasty (1644-1911)—it’s full of paintings just like this one.
Leaf 8 Li Bing's colophon reads: Maple leaves drift in the wind, the autumn gusts bracing, Hibiscus flowers steeped with water, the evening breeze light. The moonlight's slanting beams shine upon dreaming lovers. No wonder that pair of fowl should dream of their absent partners.
The rock changes from ochre to green deepening into azurite blue accented with delicate dots of malachite green.
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