Return to Stone Lake

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Shen Zhou

Title

Return to Stone Lake

Place

China (Artist's nationality)

Date

1441–1451

Medium

Handscroll; ink on paper

Inscriptions

Artist’s poem: Far trees and flat sand are clothed in fading light; The lu grass on the land-spits rustles in the late faint wind; An empty house becomes the color of the mountain; While for the boatman at the lake’s head Intoxication--still no return. (trans. Richard Edwards) "When on the boat coming back from Stone Lake, I had a good deal of leisure time, and so for my amusement I imitated the brush and spirit of Yunlin [Ni Zan] by painting this small scroll and adding a poem." (trans. Stephen Little) Colophons by Yang Mengqian, Cheng Keze. Seals of Qian Konan, Yang Mengqian (1612), Cheng Keze (1680), Wang Hungxu (1645-1723), Pang Yuanji.

Dimensions

26.1 × 157.5 cm (10 1/4 × 62 in.)

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund

Reference Number

1951.187

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