Detail View: National Palace English: Mountains Seen from a Riverbank
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Work ID:
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M01E00225
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Title:
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Mountains Seen from a Riverbank
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Creation Date:
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Ming Dynasty
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Start Year Date:
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A.D.1368
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End Year Date:
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A.D.1644
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Dynasty:
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45 Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368~1644)
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Creator:
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Wang Fu
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Creation Place:
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China
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Measurements:
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78.2 x 34.5 cm
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Material:
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Ink on paper
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Form:
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Li-zhou (hanging scroll)
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Type:
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Painting
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Subject:
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Flowers and Plants
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Repository:
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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Description:
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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.
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ImageV ID:
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M01E00225AS001
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Rights:
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Lee & Lee Communications
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