MAKE A MEME View Large Image Guo Xu album dated 1503 (9).jpg The scholar-artist Mi Fu was an eccentric of the eleventh century and one of the four great calligraphers of the Song dynasty It was well-known that he had a peculiar admiration for certain rocks In this ...
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Keywords: Guo Xu album dated 1503 (9).jpg The scholar-artist Mi Fu was an eccentric of the eleventh century and one of the four great calligraphers of the Song dynasty It was well-known that he had a peculiar admiration for certain rocks In this period men of culture collected and placed in their gardens rare and unusual rocks from Lake Tai which had become pitted and worn by the actions of wind and waves over many centuries Mi Fu believed that some these rocks had their own souls and he was in the habit of paying them his respects by bowing before them as if they were venerable old gentlemen Chester Beatty Library Dated 1503 Album leaf; ink and colors on paper 29 8 × 49 3 cm Shanghai Museum http //www cbl ie/china/Item aspx itemId 18 ˜Mi Fu bowing to a rock ™ Dublin Chester Beatty Library object history exhibition history credit line This is one of eleven paintings comprising an album <gallery> File Guo Xu album dated 1503 1 jpg ˜Fuxi the maker of men ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 2 jpg ˜Shennong the divine farmer ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 3 jpg ˜Drunken immortal ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 4 jpg ˜Immortal Qiu ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 5 jpg ˜Seeking a suitable phrase ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 6 jpg ˜An old lady feeds a hero ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 7 jpg ˜Immortal Ge spitting fire ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 8 jpg ˜Playing a flute riding a buffalo ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 9 jpg ˜Mi Fu bowing to a rock ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 10 jpg ˜Northern frontier ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 11 jpg ˜The Creation of the Milky Way ™ </gallery> accession number place of creation China during the Ming dynasty http //www cbl ie/china/ Telling Images of China exhibit Dublin Chester Beatty Library <small><small>http //www cbl ie/china/app_themes/exhibit/img/exhibits/large/img9-9 jpg direct link </small></small> PD-Art-100 Mi Fu Scholar's rocks
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