南宋 傳夏珪 澤畔疾風圖 團扇|Windswept lakeshore
13th century
Medium
Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk
Dimensions
10 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (26 x 27 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Purchase, Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, by exchange, 1973
Accession Number
1973.121.11
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Art Historical Context
This exquisite fan painting, attributed to the renowned Southern Song master Xia Gui, captures a dynamic lakeshore scene buffeted by strong winds. Created in the 13th century during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), the work exemplifies the intimate scale and poetic sensibility of the period’s landscape tradition. Xia Gui, a leading figure of the Ma-Xia school, was celebrated for his abbreviated brushwork and atmospheric effects that evoke the vastness of nature within a compact format. Painted in ink on silk and originally designed as a round fan before being mounted as an album leaf, t...