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Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, Poem by Wang Wei-1961.421.1_web
"Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, Poem by Wang Wei" is an ink on silk, album leaf depiction by artist Ma Lin. The work is a visual depiction of a poem by the Tang dynasty era poet, Wang Wei with a drawing of a resting scholar at cloudy shore (“I walk unto where waters end—And sit down to watch when clouds arise.”). The work itself was created at the Southern Song Painting Academy and is estimated to have been made in-between the years of 1225-1275 and was made to be presented to a high ranking official, dignitary, or scholar. "Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, Poem by Wang Wei" measures around 25.1 x 25.3 cm and was
gifted by the John L. Severance Fund in 1961 and currently is not on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
clevelandart.org/art/1961.421.1
Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, Poem by Wang Wei-1961.421.1_web
Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, Poem by Wang Wei-1961.421.1_web
"Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, Poem by Wang Wei" is an ink on silk, album leaf depiction by artist Ma Lin. The work is a visual depiction of a poem by the Tang dynasty era poet, Wang Wei with a drawing of a resting scholar at cloudy shore (“I walk unto where waters end—And sit down to watch when clouds arise.”). The work itself was created at the Southern Song Painting Academy and is estimated to have been made in-between the years of 1225-1275 and was made to be presented to a high ranking official, dignitary, or scholar. "Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, Poem by Wang Wei" measures around 25.1 x 25.3 cm and was
gifted by the John L. Severance Fund in 1961 and currently is not on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
clevelandart.org/art/1961.421.1
Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, Poem by Wang Wei-1961.421.1_web