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Bamboo in the Wind
Ma Yu (Chinese, active 1706–1724)
1724
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink on silk
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Overall: 140 x 57.5 cm (55 1/8 x 22 5/8 in.)
- Culture
- China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Chinese Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Charles L. Freer
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
In traditional Chinese culture, bamboo symbolizes a gentleman's virtuous resilience and flexibility.
