Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Colophon, Fan Qi, 1600s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtThe Ja
Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Colophon, Fan Qi, 1600s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtThe Japanese artist Tomioka Tessai (1836-1924) adds a colophon on the last page, commenting on the rarity of Fan Qi’s paintings among those of the Eight Masters of Nanjing. They were modeled after Tang and Song masters and captured the rhythms of life. “Whenever I open this album, my mind is pleased,” he writes.Size: Image: 12.6 x 17.3 cm (4 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.); Overall: 21 x 22 cm (8 ¼ x 8 11/16 in.)Medium: album leaf, ink and color on silkhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1975.22.11 -- source link
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