Retreat among Streams and Mountains
Overall: 78 1/2 × 56 1/2 inches (199.39 × 143.51 cm)
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Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, Nelson-Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, November 7, 1980 – January 4, 1981; The Cleveland Museum of Art, February 11 – March 29, 1982, no. 141.
Emperors, Scholars and Temples: Tastemakers of China’s Ming and Qing Dynasties, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, August 12, 2016 – January, 2017.
A gentleman on a reclining couch takes a break from his reading to admire the swift clouds and churning water. On the table behind him sit a bronze incense burner and container, books, and an elegant porcelain vase. While fragrant incense smoke rises, the gentleman may seek to purify his mind by meditating in nature.
The mountains and streams in the background follow the qinglü landscape tradition, which uses primarily blue and green colors to illustrate fantastic places. It is an ideal retreat to escape the demands of everyday life.
Tonying and Compay;
Purchased from Tonying and Compay through Laurence Sickman by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.
Wai-Kam Ho, et al., Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and The Cleveland Museum of Art. (The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, c1980), 165, no. 141. (repro.).
