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Quiet Life in a Wooded Glen 林麓幽居圖  1361

by Wang Meng

This modest cottage nestled at the foot of towering mountains presents a quintessential image of academic retreat from the “dusty” world of material concerns and political instabilities. Its cultured occupant kneels on a platform and plays the zither ([i]qin[/i]); a book lies open before him and young servants wait attentively nearby. The luxuriant setting of layered peaks...
Size: 
177.8 × 64.2 cm (70 × 25 1/4 in.)
Medium: 
Hanging scroll; ink and light colors on paper
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago