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Bamboo in a spring thunderstorm

After Tang Yin Chinese
17th century
Not on view
This fan purports to be by the Ming dynasty artist Tang Yin (with a spurious date of 1522), but the brushwork of the painting and the calligraphy indicate that it is a copy by an artist of the seventeenth century. Nevertheless, it is a fine example of bamboo painting, in which multiple tones of ink have been used to suggest depth among the leaf-laden stalks. The poem describes a spring thunderstorm that stirs bamboo before giving way to a clear, moonlit night:

The crash of spring thunder sets the lush bamboo moving,
Sweeping the ground with its dragon whiskers and long phoenix tails.
Looking up from below the curtain I play my flute,
The bright moon fills the sky, shining on the Xiao and Xiang Rivers.
—Translation by Richard M. Barnhart

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 明　唐寅　春雷墨竹圖　摺扇
  • Title: Bamboo in a spring thunderstorm
  • Artist: After Tang Yin (Chinese, 1470–1524)
  • Period: Ming (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
  • Date: 17th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold-flecked paper
  • Dimensions: 6 13/16 x 19 5/8 in. (17.3 x 49.8 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Edward Elliott Family Collection, Douglas Dillon Gift, 1988
  • Object Number: 1988.394.1
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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