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Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Listening to the Qin

1745

Hua Yan 華喦

(Chinese, 1682–c. 1765)
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Culture
China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Medium
album leaf; ink and light color on paper
Measurements
Album, closed: 15.4 x 18.5 x 3.1 cm (6 1/16 x 7 5/16 x 1 1/4 in.); Each painting: 11.2 x 13.1 cm (4 7/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund 1982.68.11
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The figure in pink is playing a qin, a seven-stringed zither. The sound of the musical instrument symbolizes the harmony between humanity and nature; literati are often depicted playing qin in landscape settings.
An album leaf in ink and light color depicts two figures with light skin tones seated beneath a rocky cliff. In the center, a figure in a pink robe sits with their back turned, playing a qin. To the left, an older man in a gray robe sits cross-legged, facing them. A gnarled tree with dabs of dark leaves arches over from the right. Chinese calligraphy and a red seal mark the top right.

Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Listening to the Qin

1745

Hua Yan

(Chinese, 1682–c. 1765)
China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

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