Within the Bamboo Garden, a group of friends celebrates the first full moon of the lunar calendar with a drinking party. Protected by barriers on all sides and encircled by mists that obscure even the suggestion of neighboring properties, the garden is presented as a world unto itself—a land of craggy rocks, old pines, and verdant young bamboo that exists solely for the enjoyment of its inhabitants.
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清 羅聘 篠園飲酒圖 軸
Title:Drinking in the Bamboo Garden on the Lantern Festival
Artist:Luo Ping (Chinese, 1733–1799)
Period:Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date:1773
Culture:China
Medium:Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions:Image: 31 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (80 x 54.6 cm) Overall with mounting: 116 x 27 7/16 in. (294.6 x 69.7 cm) Overall with knobs: 116 x 32 5/8 in. (294.6 x 82.9 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
Object Number:13.220.34
Inscription: Artist’s inscription and signature (2 columns in semi-cursive script)
While drinking in the Xiaoyuan Garden on the Shangyuan Festival (fifteenth of the first lunar month) of the guisi year (1773), Liangfeng, Luo Pin, painted this.
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