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Portrait of Yuan artist Ni Zan
Qiu Ying Chinese
From the twelfth century onward, scholar-officials and literati treasured bronzes of antiquity and were drawn to decorative arts that resembled such objects. Ni Zan, a renowned painter and literatus, is here portrayed in a typical scholar’s studio. He leans against an armrest with a brush and paper in his hands. Next to the couch, an exquisite table displays two bronzes, a tripod cauldron and a beaker, which have been appropriated as furnishings and expressions of literati taste.
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