Fan Qi raised his glass to the moon

[Fan Qi’s picture of raising a cup to the moon]

The picture of raising a cup to the moon, painted by Fan Qi in the Qing Dynasty, gold paper, colored, 16.3 cm vertically and 51.4 cm horizontally
The fan page has its own title: “A cup is in hand, and the world is at leisure. The picture of Yiyou Qing and the moon looks like Mr. Shisheng’s right. Moling Fanqi.” The seal of “Fanqi’s seal”, white seal, and “Qigong’s”, Zhu seal. “Yiyou” was the thirtieth year of Qianlong’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (1765), when Fan Qi was 50 years old
The picture depicts the free and easy scene of a Gao Shi raising his glass to watch the moon. The composition is very simple, the theme of creation is distinct, and the corresponding images are depicted with different strokes. The characters are modeled in line drawing, and the smooth lines accurately outline the standing and sitting positions of the boy and Gao Shi. The elegant and elegant temperament of Gao Shi is particularly vivid. The horizontal mountain stones are dominated by ink halo. The different shades of ink not only show the thick volume and hard texture of the stone, but also play a role in stabilizing the picture with heavy colors in the painting. Different brush and ink techniques are in line with Gao Shi’s taste of wine and transcendence, and recite the poetic meaning of “one cup in hand, the world is at leisure”