Bringing a Lute to an Immortal's Pavilion 攜琴仙觀圖
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1919.128
Tags
Charles Lang Freer collectionChinaChinese ArtDaoist ImmortalsYuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)jiehualandscapepavilionqinriver
About this artwork
In the foreground, two men in scholar's robes accompanied by servants, each bearing his master's qin (zither, or lute), saunter across a rough wooden bridge. Their destination is apparently a pair of elaborate, two-storied pavilions built on the nearby lakeshore. Other scholars and servants can be glimpsed through the windows of the main pavilion, which stands on a stone foundation that extends into the water. Front and back sections of the pavilion are supported by ranks of sturdy pilings that ...