Sage under Windy Tree
18th–19th century
Medium
Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk
Dimensions
9 x 9 5/8 in. (22.9 x 24.4 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
From the Collection of A. W. Bahr, Purchase, Fletcher Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.18.141
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Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Asian Art collection, *Sage under Windy Tree is a delicate ink painting on silk from China's Qing dynasty (16441911), created by an unidentified artist in the 18th or 19th century. intimate work, originally a fan leaf now mounted as an album (9 x 9⅝ in.), captures a lone sage beneath a dramatically windswept tree in a vast landscape. The tags—landscapes, men, treeshighlight its essence: a solitary figure in harmony with nature's raw power, evoking timeless themes of contemplation and resilience. In Qing-era Chinese art, such scenes reflect the liter...