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Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 7
Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616-aft 1694)early 1650s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Leaf 7 Han Tan's colophon reads: Thoughts of autumn in the nuptial chamber with the new chill arising, The white frost all persuasive with a bright moon shining. Outside the window, a crisp wind conveys the sound of crickets. Within this quiet dream, I seem to sense the fragrance of orchids.
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- Title: Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 7
- Creator: Fan Qi (Chinese, 1616-aft 1694)
- Date Created: early 1650s
- Physical 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.)
- Provenance: Tomioka Tessai 富岡鐵齋 [1836–1924], (Robert G. Sawers [b. c. 1934], London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.22.7
- Medium: album leaf, ink and color on silk
- Original Title: 山水花鳥圖冊
- Inscriptions: Artist seal: Fan Qi 樊圻. Poem by Han Tan 韓菼 (1637–1704): Thoughts of autumn in the nuptial chamber with the new chill arising,/ The white frost all pervasive with a bright moon shining./ Outside the window, a crisp wind conveys the sound of crickets./ Within this quiet dream, I seem to sense the fragrance of orchids.
- Fun Fact: The cricket stands on the yellowing leaf of a ripening rice plant.
- Department: Chinese Art
- Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: ASIAN - Album leaf
- Accession Number: 1975.22.7
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