Album of Calligraphy and Paintings

Cleveland Museum of Art

Album of Calligraphy and Paintings

Bian Shoumin

Date
first half of the 1700s
Medium
album leaf; ink and color on paper
Culture
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

The artist Bian Shoumin is known for his depiction of wild geese, water, and reeds. The migrant birds in autumn and winter evoked, in the minds of the Chinese intelligentsia, a time of parting and sorrow.

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