COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.1989.363.14
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Description:
Liang Kai served as a painter-in-attendance at the Song painting academy in Hangzhou from about 1201 to 1204; he later relinquished that prestigious position to live and paint at a Chan (or Zen, in Japanese) Buddhist temple. Like his best known paintings, preserved mostly in Japanese collections, this small landscape conveys a spiritual intensity typical of Liang's works. Under the great cliff, in the stillness of the landscape, a solitary figure meditates on the illusory world before him.
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Dates/Places:
China active first half of 13th century
Creator Name-CRT:
Liang Kai
Title:
Poet Strolling by a Marshy Bank
View:
Principal view
Creation Date:
Southern Song dynasty (1127?1279)
Creation Start Date:
1127
Creation End Date:
1279
Materials and Techniques:
Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk
Dimensions:
9 x 9 9/16 in. (22.9 x 24.3 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York
ID Number:
1989.363.14
Credit Line:
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
Inscriptions:
Signed: "Liang Kai"
Copyright:
Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art . All rights reserved.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.h1_1989.363.14.tif
