Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009973Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 1
by Fan Qi
Also known as: Album of Landscapes, Flowers and Birds: Leaf 1; Album of Miscellaneous Subjects 山水花鳥圖冊
About the Artwork
Fan Qi's painting on leaf one may be inspired by Tang dynasty poet's Li Bai's line: A small boat has sailed through ten thousand layers of hills. Wang Wu's colophon facing the painting reads: A narrow path coiling, winds across rock foundations; Old vines and ancient trees meet the sunset's slanting rays. Unaware that my small boat has gone so far, By the time it reverses its oars, the green mountains will be half-covered with clouds.
Inscriptions
Artist seal: Fan Qi 樊圻. Poem by Wang Wu 王武 (1632–1690): A narrow path coiling, winds across rock foundations; Old vines and ancient trees meet the sunset's slanting rays. Unaware that my small boat has gone so far, By the time it reverses its oars, the green mountains will be half-covered with clouds.
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 cover
- 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.
- 1975.22.1
More by Fan Qi in museum collections
Open-access museum record · AT-00009973
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