Schildering

Schildering

AK-MAK-290-B

Ship approaching the waterfront. Gao Qipei (1660 - 1734). China c. 1700. Ink and colours on paper. The finger painter Gao Qipei was an experimental artist. 'The hand should be allowed to paint as it wishes, ' he wrote. He was fascinated by the unpredictability of a line drawn with a finger or nail. In the centre of this album page is a bird's-eye view of a boat. The hills in the foreground, however, are shown from a low perspective. A combination of various vantage points is a feature of Gao Qipei's work. The inscription, right: 'Little boat sails along mountains piled up a thousandfold' - this line by the old poet has not disappointed me. Qipei.

painter: Gao Qipei, China

1700 - 1750

height 27.2 cm x width 33.2 cm

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Mayuyama Junkichi, Tokyo, 1955)

Public domain

…; purchased from the dealer Mayuyama Junkichi by the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1955;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200364356