Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009615Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 9
by Fan Qi
Also known as: Album of Landscapes, Flowers and Birds: Leaf 9; Album of Miscellaneous Subjects 山水花鳥圖冊
About the Artwork
Leaf 9 Zhou Yi's colophon reads: Ancient trees share the slanting rays of the setting sun. Chilly ravens hover round their branches. The leader of the flock thinks this a good place to rest, Evening being the time for returning. This flock is the so-called filial crow, Who, in disgorging their own food [to feed the young], have compassionate hearts. Were the people in the world all like this, Fine talent would be everywhere.
Inscriptions
Artist seal: Fan Qi 樊圻. Poem by Zhou Yi 周儀 (mid-1600s–about 1705): Ancient trees share the slanting rays of the setting sun Chilly ravens hover round their branches The leader of the flock thinks this is a good place to rest, Evening being the time for returning. This flock is the so-called a filial crow, Who, in disgorging their food [to feed their young], have compassionate hearts, Were the people in the world all like this, Fine talent would be everywhere.
Provenance
Tomioka Tessai 富岡鐵齋 [1836–1924] ?-1975: (Robert G. Sawers [b. c. 1934], London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1975-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1975. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 3-March 7, 1976).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616–after 1694)
- Date
- early 1650s
- Medium
- album leaf, ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Image: 12.6 x 17.3 cm (4 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.); Overall: 21 x 22 cm (8 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Accession no.
- 1975.22.9
More by Fan Qi in museum collections
Open-access museum record · AT-00009615
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