Riverscape with moored boats

late 17th or early 18th century

Not on view

The obscure painter Wu Shantao lived in the waning years of the Ming dynasty and through the transition to Qing rule. During this period, images of reclusion became particularly poignant, as people experienced the wrenching pain of dynastic collapse and reconstruction. Moored by the water’s edge, unseen except by passing birds, these fishing boats represented release from worldly troubles.

Artwork Details

清　吳山濤　山水圖　扇
Title: Riverscape with moored boats
Artist: Wu Shantao (Chinese, 1624–after 1710)
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date: late 17th or early 18th century
Culture: China
Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper
Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 18 5/8 in. (15.9 x 47.3 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
Object Number: 13.100.93
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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