Viewing Geese at the Lanting Pavilion

Viewing Geese at the Lanting Pavilion

• Image Number: K2A001001N000000000PAA
• Dynasty: Song dynasty
• Category: Paintings
• Author: 錢選
• Form: 卷
• Exhibition dimension: 24.7×82.1
• Description:
  Qian Xuan (1239-1301) was born in Wuxing, Zhejiang Province. The word Shunju was used as a tribute scholar in Jingding of the Song Dynasty. He was one of the “Eight Juniors of Wuxing” and was not an official in the Yuan Dynasty. This painting depicts Wang Xizhi sitting in the pavilion, watching the white geese playing in the lake. The mountain stone is composed of repeated and simple straight lines and curves, and then painted with the colors of blue, green, ochre, etc. in the outline, showing a kind of primitive taste. Other copies have been handed down.