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Conversation in a Thatched Hut

草堂消夏

late 1200s

China, Southern Song dynasty

(1127-1279)
Medium
album leaf; ink and color on silk
Measurements
Overall: 26 x 27.3 cm (10 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1975.21
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Two scholars in white robes sit conversing in a simple hut before a bamboo grove. The foreground and right side are filled with two spindly trees and a grove of banana trees among rugged rocks and precipices, all drawn in ink outline and filled in with opaque blue and green pigment.

Landscapes painted in blue and green mineral pigments often allude to the past or to paradise. Here the color may suggest that surrounded by nature, the scholars could escape the hassles of the chaotic world.
A circular ink and color painting on silk depicts two light-skinned figures seated inside an open thatched hut. To our left, dense bamboo rises in dark, layered tones. To our right, weathered blue rock formations and large-leafed plants emerge. Two spindly, leafless trees stand in the center foreground. Muted earth tones define the landscape, where delicate brushstrokes render the trees, contrasting with bold blue washes on the rocky outcroppings.

Conversation in a Thatched Hut

late 1200s

China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

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