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Scholar viewing a waterfall

Ma Yuan Chinese
early 13th century
Not on view
Ma Yuan, a fourth-generation member of a family of painters, was a leading artist at the Southern Song painting academy in Hangzhou. A city of unsurpassed beauty, Hangzhou was graced with pavilions, gardens, and scenic vistas. In this album leaf, which shows a gentleman in a gardenlike setting, the jagged rhythms of the pine tree and garden contrast with the quiet mood of the scholar, who gazes pensively into the bubbling rapids of the cascade.

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  • 南宋　馬遠 高士觀瀑圖　冊頁
  • Title: Scholar viewing a waterfall
  • Artist: Ma Yuan (Chinese, active ca. 1190–1225)
  • Period: Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
  • Date: early 13th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Album leaf; ink and color on silk
  • Dimensions: Image: 9 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (25.1 x 26 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Gift of The Dillon Fund, 1973
  • Object Number: 1973.120.9
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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