元 錢選 王羲之觀鵝圖 卷, Wang Xizhi watching geese, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), ca. 1295, China, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper, Image: 9 1/8 x 36 1/2 in. (23.2 x 92.7 cm), Paintings, Qian Xuan (Chinese, ca. 1235–before 1307), After the fall of Hangzhou, the Southern Song capital, in 1276, the artist Qian Xuan chose to live as an yimin, a “leftover subject” of the dynasty. Painted in his deliberately primitive “blue-and-green” style, this handscroll illustrates the story of Wang Xizhi ( 303 – 361), the calligraphy master of legendary fame and a practitioner of Daoist alchemy, who was said to derive inspiration from natural forms such as the graceful neck movements of geese
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元, 錢選, 王羲之觀鵝圬 卷, Wang Xizhi watching geese, Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368, ca, 1295, China, Handscroll, ink, color, gold, paper, Image, 9 1/8 x 36 1/2, 23.2 92.7 cm, Paintings, Qian Xuan, Chinese, ca., 1235–before, 1307, fall, Hangzhou, Southern Song capital, 1276, artist Qian, Xuan, chose, live, yimin, leftover subject, dynasty, Painted, deliberately primitive, blue, green, style, handscroll illustrates, story, Xizhi, 303 – 361, calligraphy master, legendary fame, practitioner, Daoist alchemy, said, derive inspiration, natural forms, graceful neck, movements, geese
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