Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Listening to the Qin
Medium
album leaf; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions
each painting: 11.2 × 13.1 cm · album, closed: 15.4 × 18.5 × 3.1 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund
Accession Number
1982.68.11
Tags
male
About this artwork
The figure in pink is playing a qin, a seven-stringed zither. The sound of the musical instrument symbolizes the harmony between humanity and nature; literati are often depicted playing qin in landscape settings.