Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 8, by Fan Qi, early 1650s
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Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 8

Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616–after 1694)

early 1650s

Medium
album leaf; ink and color on silk
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
Image: 12.6 x 17.3 cm (4 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.); Overall: 21 x 22 cm (8 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
Culture
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, Chinese Art
Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

View at the Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

Leaf 8 Li Bing's colophon reads: Maple leaves drift in the wind, the autumn gusts bracing, Hibiscus flowers steeped with water, the evening breeze light. The moonlight's slanting beams shine upon dreaming lovers. No wonder that pair of fowl should dream of their absent partners.