Ma Yuan / Scholar by a Waterfall / Southern Song dynasty (1127?1279), late 12th?early 13th century

Ma Yuan
Scholar by a Waterfall
Southern Song dynasty (1127?1279), late 12th?early 13th century
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Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Dates/Places: China active ca. 1190?1225
Creator Name-CRT: Ma Yuan
Title: Scholar by a Waterfall
View: Principal view
Creation Start Date: 1167
Creation End Date: 1233
Creation Date: Southern Song dynasty (1127?1279), late 12th?early 13th century
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Materials and Techniques: Album leaf: ink and color on silk
Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (25.1 x 26 cm)
Inscriptions: Signed: "Servitor, Ma Yuan"
Description: Ma Yuan, a fourth-generation member of a family of painters, was a leading artist at the Southern Song painting academy in Hangzhou. A city of unsurpassed beauty, Hangzhou was graced with pavilions, gardens, and scenic vistas. In this album leaf , which shows a gentleman in a gardenlike setting, the jagged rhythms of the pine tree and garden contrast with the quiet mood of the scholar, who gazes pensively into the bubbling rapids of the cascade.
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York
ID Number: 1973.120.9
Credit Line: Ex coll.: C.C. Wang Family, Gift of The Dillon Fund, 1973
Copyright: Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art . All rights reserved.
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp
AMICA ID: MMA_.1973.120.9
AMICA Library Year: 2002
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright (c) 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved

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