Lady in a boat playing the flute

Fei, Danxu (1802-1850)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1848
Height:
23.7 cm  (9 5/16 in.)
Width:
24.4 cm  (9 5/8 in.)
without mounting
Technique / Medium:
ink and color on paper
School:
Qing Dynasty

    Item location

  • Yale University Art Gallery
    The Clyde and Helen Wu Collection of Chinese Painting, gift of Bernadine and Dr. David Wu[Museum inv. no.: 2003.143.10.9]

Description

A round fan mounted as an album leaf, this painting presents a peaceful outdoor scene with a lady sitting a boat and playing a transverse flute (probably di (dizi)).

Iconclass

46C232
rowing-boat, canoe, etc.
31D15
adult woman
48CC73513
transverse flute - CC - out of doors

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Di [3919]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

6192