COLLECTION NAME:
National Palace English
Record
Work ID:
M01E00225
Title:
Mountains Seen from a Riverbank
Creation Date:
Ming Dynasty
Start Year Date:
A.D.1368
End Year Date:
A.D.1644
Dynasty:
45 Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368~1644)
Creator:
Wang Fu
Creation Place:
China
Measurements:
78.2 x 34.5 cm
Material:
Ink on paper
Form:
Li-zhou (hanging scroll)
Type:
Painting
Subject:
Flowers and Plants
Repository:
The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description:
The Qi and Wei Rivers (Bamboo) depicts a branch of bamboo hanging upside-down in an attractive posture. The brushwork is related to that of Wu Zhen. Using pale ink to draw the bamboo stalk and dark ink for the leaves, Wang Fu captures the sense of the infinite variety of stalks and leaves. On this painting, Liang Qian has added an inscription, "On this sheet of paper, we see this little something/But it contains the strength of a thousand mu of mist and clouds/It is as if we are in the gardens of the Wei and Qi Rivers" The "Wei and Qi Rivers" referred to in the inscription are also the reference in the title of this painting. "Wei chuan" is mentioned in the "Biography of Huozhi" in the Shiji, which states that when we say that someone has a thousand mu of bamboo in "Wei chuan" [today, the Wei River in Gansu province], it means that the person has wealth equivalent to an enfeoffment of a thousand households. Later, because the bamboo of Wei flourished, people gave Wei River the nickname, "a thousand mu." "Qiyuan" is the name of a place, which today is near Qi county in Henan province. In the past, it was famous for its bamboo production.
ImageV ID:
M01E00225AS001
Rights:
Lee & Lee Communications