Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Listening to the Qin
Hua Yan (Chinese, 1682–c. 1765)1745
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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The figure in pink is playing a qin, a seven-stringed zither. The sound of the musical instrument symbolizes the harmony between humanity and nature; literati are often depicted playing qin in landscape settings.
Medium
album leaf; ink and light color on paper
