Lady playing a flute

Unknown (Chinese)

Zhou Wenju (active 942-961) (formerly attributed to)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
14th century
Height:
25.4 cm  (10 in.)
Width:
23.5 cm  (9 1/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
album leaf: ink and color on silk
Place of creation:
Zhongguo [China] (中国 )
School:
Yüan

    Item location

  • Yale University Art Gallery
    Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore[Museum inv. no.: 1952.52.25.13]

Description

Traditionally (formerly?) attributed to Zhou Wenju, this painting presents a young woman, seated within a fenced yard or garden, playing a transverse flute, probably dizi (di).

Iconclass

48CC7525
one person playing wind instrument - CC - out of doors

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Di [3919]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Lee, George J. Selected Far Eastern art in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1970) 208, no. 414, ill.

RIdIM record id

6187