# Schildering

- By: Gao Qipei (ca. –ca.)
- Date: 1700 - 1750
- Medium: paper, ink, dye
- Classification: finger painting
- Dimensions: height 27.2 cm x width 33.2 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Mayuyama Junkichi, Tokyo, 1955)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-290-E--46b4a7979524f8445eb3487a4e44dbec)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/lqKHM/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Two rowing boats on the water. Gao Qipei (1660 - 1734). China, c. 1700. Colours and ink on paper. The finger painter Gao Qipei experimented with techniques of painting. 'One should allow the hand to do the painting', he remarked. He was fascinated by the unpredictability of the line produced by the finger or the nail. The inscription on the right reads:'The sky is cradled in the azure waves, the flower harbour is patterned with colour, the oars swish to and fro in the realm of perfumes. Qipei'