The image of a lone fisher on a boat such as this symbolized an ideal state of seclusion conceived by Chinese scholar-officials. With vast blank spaces, this work was initially praised for its poetic feel, but is now deemed that it was deftly cut out from a larger work.
- Cultural property designation
- Important Cultural Property
- Quantity
- Artist
- Attributed to Ma Yuan (dates unknown)
- Period/Century
- Southern Song dynasty, 13th century
- Country/Origin
- China
- Excavation site
- Material
- Ink and light color on silk
- Size
- Inscriptions
- Donor
- Collection reference no.
- TA-140
- Genre
- Asian Painting
- Category