Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 5
Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616–after 1694)
early 1650s
Medium
album leaf, ink and color on silk
Dimensions
21 × 22 cm · image: 12.6 × 17.3 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1975.22.5
Tags
male
About this artwork
Fan Qi's painting on the fifth leaf evokes Zuo Si's poetic line: I shake my robe atop the cliff of thousand ren. The calligraphy by Zhou Yi adjacent to the painting reads: That stone path surrounded by streams—for whom was it created? Leaning on my staff, I walk and hum, arriving alone. As soon as I ascend to gaze at these mountains, my happiness increases, Every morning the moistening dew makes the green moss slippery.