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This round fan painting by Li You depicts a rustic theme. His rendering of the scene was bold, exquisite, and detailed. In such a small format, Li took care to portray the warm relationship between cow and calf. In a small space under the tree, he shows an indifferent herder, who turns away from his charges to focus on a small falcon, which obviously was more compelling to him.
Li You included such tiny details as circular patterns of hair on the buffalo’s hindquarters.
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
?-1960(J.T. Tai sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1960-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Image: 25 x 26.7 公分 (9 13/16 x 10 1/2 英吋)
with mat: 33.3 x 40.5 公分 (13 1/8 x 15 15/16 英吋)
絹本
Artist's inscription [In] the yichou 乙丑 year, Li 李 [second character not identified] painted.
3 seals: 1 of Wu T'ing (ca. 1600); 1 of An Kuo (1481-1534); 1 of Li Pao-hsün (1858-1915).
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