Artist: Wu Li (1632-1718)

Date: Qing (1644-1911), dated 1681

Dimensions: Height 29.8 cm, Width 207.4 cm

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • PAINTINGS
• Location：
  • Chinese Painting Gallery
• Tag：
  • pictorial representation poem pipa xing handscroll wu li qing 1681 ink paper

Wu Li (1632-1718) is also known by his zi (designated name) Yushan and his hao (literary name) Mojing Daoren. A native of Changshu in Jiangsu, Wu Li was noted for his landscape painting and was one of the "Six Masters of the Early Qing". This is the pictorial representation of the poem Pipa Xing by the Tang dynasty poet Bai Juyi. This painting was a gift for Xu Zhijian. It was painted in the 20^th year (1681) of Kangxi reign when he was 50 years old.