Sparse trees and pavilion
In the empty grove the whistling wind makes the leaves dance;
The thatch pavilion is lonely under the noonday sun.
All day long a southerly wind ripples the green waves;
In a gauze cap of coarse hemp one feels no trace of summer's heat.
This rustic's dwelling is near Yellow Crane Peak;
In the evening he enters a deserted grotto and listens to the mountain rain.
Artwork Details
- 元 王蒙 蕭林寂亭圖 團扇
- Title: Sparse trees and pavilion
- Artist: Wang Meng (Chinese, ca. 1308–1385)
- Period: late Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
- Date: late 1350s
- Culture: China
- Medium: Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk
- Dimensions: Image: 9 7/8 x 11 1/8 in. (25.1 x 28.3 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, From the P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Family Collection, Gift of Oscar L. Tang, 1991
- Object Number: 1991.438.2
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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