hanging scroll; painting BM-1921-0712-0.3

Period:Unknown Production date:14th century (Previously thought to be late Yuan, probably early Ming)
Materials:silk
Technique:painted
Subjects:landscape snow
Dimensions:Height: 100.50 centimetres Width: 50 centimetres

Description:
Hanging scroll. Landscape in snow. Painted in ink on silk. Signature and seals.
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Comments:According to research by Clarissa von Spee, a painting, ‘Reading in the Reflection of the Snow’ (Yingxue dushu) by the Yuan-dynasty painter Sheng Mou, is indeed recorded in the second compilation of the ‘Treasure Boxes of the Stone Moat’ (Shiqu baoji), the Qing imperial painting catalogue. The catalogue entry describes the subject matter as Sun Kang, a scholar of the Jin period (265-420) who was so poor that he read at night when the snow reflected the moonlight.