Zhou Dunyi Admiring Lotuses
Resting comfortably on a garden rock, a gentleman gazes lovingly at a pond of blossoming lotus. This is Zhou Dunyi (1017–1073), a prominent scholar of the Northern Song dynasty who so admired the lotus that he authored a treatise entitled “On the Love of the Lotus” to celebrate his favorite flower. Zhou was a frequent subject for painters, especially in late Qing Shanghai, where Lu Peng painted.
Artwork Details
- 清/現代 陸鵬 濂溪清賞圖 冊頁
- Title: Zhou Dunyi Admiring Lotuses
- Artist: Lu Peng (Chinese, died 1921)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: dated 1896
- Culture: China
- Medium: Album leaf; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 12 3/16 × 12 3/16 in. (31 × 31 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/4 × 17 5/16 in. (43.8 × 43.9 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Jane DeBevoise and the Calello Family, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.549.63
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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