Mountain Market in Clearing Mist
Artist/Maker
Chinese
Date20th century
MediumInk and colors on paper
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 12 1/16 × 16 7/8 in. (30.7 × 42.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Ronald J. DiCenzo, Professor of History and East Asian Studies at Oberlin College, 1972–2005
Object number2020.4.4
Status
On viewThe third theme in the traditional order of Eight Views of Xiāoxiāng is Mountain Market in Clearing Mist. This work originally had political implications. In Sòng Dí’s time, markets appeared rarely in paintings. His choice was probably intended as a subtle critique of the court’s new tax policies, enforced in marketplaces, and seen as a cause of poverty in the countryside.
This work, by an unidentified 20th-century artist working in a traditional style, is more escapist than political. It shows an idealized village, nestled in amongst craggy cliffs and hills.
Exhibition History
This work, by an unidentified 20th-century artist working in a traditional style, is more escapist than political. It shows an idealized village, nestled in amongst craggy cliffs and hills.
Eight Views: Place, Picture, and Poem in East Asia
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 31, 2025 - August 10, 2025 )
Collections
- On View
- Asian
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