View of Lake Tai. Artist: Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470-1559). Culture: China. Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. (24.8 x 52.7 cm). Date: dated 1543.Wen Zhengming painted this dreamy vision of Lake Tai, China's "Great Lake," for a friend after their springtime boat ride together. Wen's poem reads:Islands spread out in a mirror,Like purple hibiscus immersed in a watery silver platter.Who can hold thirty-thousand jing the supposed size of Lake Tai in his bosom?I long to visit the seventy peaks of Lake Tai for myself.Heaven is vast, billows roll on, days turn into months.In the spring cold the water country hides fish and dragons;Sitting in the middle of the lake I seemed to hear roosters crow and dogs bark.Where should I find the retired statesman Fan Li?. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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View of Lake Tai. Artist: Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470-1559). Culture: China. Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. (24.8 x 52.7 cm). Date: dated 1543.Wen Zhengming painted this dreamy vision of Lake Tai, China's "Great Lake," for a friend after their springtime boat ride together. Wen's poem reads:Islands spread out in a mirror,Like purple hibiscus immersed in a watery silver platter.Who can hold thirty-thousand jing the supposed size of Lake Tai in his bosom?I long to visit the seventy peaks of Lake Tai for myself.Heaven is vast, billows roll on, days turn into months.In the spring cold the water country hides fish and dragons;Sitting in the middle of the lake I seemed to hear roosters crow and dogs bark.Where should I find the retired statesman Fan Li?. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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