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Spring Landscape

春景圖

1666

Kuncan 髠殘

(Chinese, 1612-c. 1673)
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
double album leaf mounted as a handscroll, ink and color on paper
Overall: 31.8 x 64.5 cm (12 1/2 x 25 3/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1966.367
Location: not on view
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This spring scene was once accompanied by album leaves of summer (now in the Museum für Asiatiche Kunst, Berlin) and autumn and winter (now in the British Museum).

Description

One of the acclaimed "Four Monks" (the other three being Zhu Da, Daoji, and Hongren), Kuncan was known for the rough and rustic style of his landscape paintings. This painting was once part of a large album, painted at the request of his friend Cheng Zhengkui (active 1630–74), with whom he shared a common interest in painting and poetry. The inscription contains a poem, which reads: Wandering through mountains and oblivious of time, We met in casual shoes (and attires). The wind and dew drops harbor a chilling emptiness. Only with patience and silence can the Chan inspiration come. . . .

Spring Landscape

1666

Kuncan

(Chinese, 1612-c. 1673)
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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