Tiger Seen from the Rear

Tiger Seen from the Rear

AK-RAK-1991-10

Tiger. China, c. 1700. Gao Qipei (1660-1734). Colours and ink on paper. Tigers were favourite theme of the eccentric painter Gao Qipei. Here he depicts a tiger in an uncharacteristic pose: a tired, shabby animal, quite unaware that anyone has managed to get this close.

Klaas Ruitenbeek, 'Gao Qipei en de kunst van het vingerschilderen', Mededelingenblad Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst 17/1 (1987), pp. 8-14.

painter: Gao Qipei, Tieling

c. 1700

inkt op papier

• diameter 48 mm
• width 670 mm
• height 105.5 cm x width 51.5 cm
• height 7.5 cm x width 70.5 cm x depth 8 cm

purchase 1991

Public domain

• Klaas Ruitenbeek, 'Gao Qipei en de kunst van het vingerschilderen', Mededelingenblad Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst 17/1 (1987), pp. 8-14.
• Klaas Ruitenbeek, 'Chinese schilderkunst in het Rijksmuseum. Catalogus', Aziatische Kunst 21/1 (1991), pp. 12-25 (nr. 20).

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