Gentlemen gazing at a waterfall

Unidentified artist
Formerly Attributed to Li Tang Chinese

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The people who occupy premodern Chinese landscape paintings are often shown appreciating nature, as if teaching the viewer by example how to engage with the world around them. Here, two gentlemen sit in the shade of a bamboo grove absorbed in the sight and sound of a small waterfall plunging into a stream.

Gentlemen gazing at a waterfall, Unidentified artist 13th century, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk, China

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