Object Details
Artist
Pan Simu
Date
1806
Medium
Hanging scroll: ink on paper
Dimensions
43 3/8 × 20 1/8 inches (110.2 × 51.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Daisy Yen Wu in memory of Yen Hsiao-fang and Yen Tse-king
Object
Number
79.060.005
Landscape painting, in addition to bird-and-flower painting, was another prevalent subject in Chines(…)
Landscape painting, in addition to bird-and-flower painting, was another prevalent subject in Chinese painting tradition. This type of painting was one of the objects that connoisseurs of the literati class would collect and treasure. Traditionally, landscapes embed metaphorical meanings that could imply praises for a person or criticism against a government.
