Tea Drinking Under the Wutong Tree
1496
ink
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
1496
ink
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
You see a long, narrow scroll of two men sitting under a tree, sipping tea while a servant fans a small stove. The stove is actually a "bamboo stove"—a portable tea kit that held a kettle and cups. A friend of the artist wrote a poem about this exact kind of stove, and the friend is the guy on the left, holding a scroll. The painting was made for him. Look up more works by Tang Yin to see how he turned quiet moments into small stories.
![The Ninth Day Literary Gathering at Xing’an [Temporary Retreat]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/0929f5419806b47c/thumb.webp)
