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Gentlemen gazing at a waterfall

Formerly Attributed to Li Tang Chinese
13th century
Not on view
The people who occupy premodern Chinese landscape paintings are often shown appreciating nature, as if teaching the viewer by example how to engage with the world around them. Here, two gentlemen sit in the shade of a bamboo grove absorbed in the sight and sound of a small waterfall plunging into a stream.

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  • 宋 佚名 觀瀑圖 團扇
  • Title: Gentlemen gazing at a waterfall
  • Artist: Unidentified artist 13th century
  • Artist: Formerly Attributed to Li Tang (Chinese, ca. 1070s–ca. 1150s)
  • Period: Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
  • Date: 13th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk
  • Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 10 1/8 in. (25.1 x 25.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
  • Object Number: 1989.363.16
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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