Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010516Landscape
by Zhai Dakun
Inscriptions
"Drifting in a Boat" I love these willow branches putting forth their delicate green leaves, Drifting in a boat, I pass the spring streams. Over Canglang I shout out, but no one responds, Only the water-birds flying by are able to give a single cry. Yunping Zhai Dakun Seal: 1) s/r "Quiyan caotang" (Thatched hall at Guiyan")
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.
- 1986.49.2
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