Artist
Anonymous
Catalogue information
Yuan dynasty, late 13th century
Hanging scroll, ink on silk
99.4 x 37.6 cm (39 1/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Ex Coll.: Moriya Kōzō, Kyoto, 1922
Literature
Toda Teisuke et al. 1973, pp. 145, 176, no. 105.
1973
Mokkei, Gyokkan. Suiboku Bijutsu taikei (Art of ink painting), 3. Tokyo: Kōdansha.
See also
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 951 in Volume II of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Text
The herd boy wearing a rain cloak and bamboo hat / meets people with a proud air. / Leading his ox, he plays a piccolo; / done with plowing, he rests by the field.
Signature
Yuanmiao
[原妙; possibly Gaofeng Yuanmiao, 高峰原妙; 1238–1295]