Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009679Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 4
by Fan Qi
Also known as: Album of Landscapes, Flowers and Birds: Leaf 4; Album of Miscellaneous Subjects 山水花鳥圖冊
About the Artwork
The fourth painting by Fan Qi alludes to Wang Wei's poetic lines: In empty hills, there is no one there; Yet one can hear the sound of conversation. The calligraphic colophon by Xu Fang adjacent to the painting reads: By chance, I start my journey from the watershed to remote regions, Suddenly I see the silhouette of mountains, myriad expanses of green. What is this Feilai Peak which now does not recede? Its rocky walls, linked to heaven, are drenched by a waterfall.
Inscriptions
Artist seal: Fan Qi 樊圻. Poem by Xu Fang 徐枋 (1622–1694): By chance, I start my journey from the watershed to remote regions, Suddenly I sight the silhouette of mountains - myriad expanses of green. What is this "Come-flying" Peak which now does not recede, Its rocky walls, linked to heaven, are drenched by a waterfall.
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.
- 1975.22.4
More by Fan Qi in museum collections
Open-access museum record · AT-00009679
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