53-1/4 x 23-7/8 in. (image) 95-3/4 x 34-1/2 in. (mount) 96 x 34-5/8 in. (installed)
Inscribed: Zhufang laomin Cai Jia Artist seals: Zhufang laomin / Cai Jia zhi yin Collectors' seals: (5) Wang Shiyuan (? - 1921); Wang Jiqian (1906-2003)
Purchased to complement the Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lilly Collection of Chinese art through the bequest of Mrs. Enid Goodrich and the support of Lilly Endowment Inc.
C.C. Wang. (Christie's, Hong Kong, China), Sale 2096, 29 October 2001, lot 409; (Dealer James Freeman, Kyoto, Japan); purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2004.
秋水夕陽
The inscription reads:
The trail covered by green moss is as clean as if washed.
Chanting poems all day, I am not in the mood to go out.
The setting sun shines on the ground, leaving only a delicate glow.
The autumn water, extending to the horizon, is smooth without ripples.
The dense trees in the yard rustle noisily.
At the ferry crossing, the tide is slack and quiet.
Entrusting the long lasting joy in my mind to brush and silk,
Weary of traveling, I've returned to pass my mornings and evenings.
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