Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010494Landscape
by Zhai Dakun
Inscriptions
Folded hills and layered peaks curve back and forth, Among them is a ravine removed from the world or men. There a recluse mediates, intent on "forgetting forms," Often he faces the dark cliffs where he has built a thatched hut. Below the pavilion, the flowing stream is as lustrous as jade. With an invited friend one spends the entire day in intimate conversation, Treating Heaven and Earth as nothing more than a speck. Yunping Zhai Dakun Seals: 1) r/i "Dakun" 2) r/r "Zihou"
Provenance
?–1986: (Chozo Yamanouchi 山內長三, Asaka City, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1986–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Zhai Dakun (Chinese, d. 1804)
- Date
- 1775
- Medium
- album leaf; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 41.2 x 31.5 cm (16 1/4 x 12 3/8 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Credit line
- Kelvin Smith Fund
- Accession no.
- 1986.49.1
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