Wintry mountains ca. 1679-89 Gong Xian Chinese Gong Xian, considered the greatest of the seventeenth-century Nanjing painters, built up his high-contrast images through repetitive layering of ink. Here, he evokes a wintry scene in a mountain village. The accompanying poem celebrates the simple joys of country life: Farmers, cowherds, fishermen, and woodcutterswhere do they make their homes?In huts thatched with yellow reeds among mountains and streams.Work completed, they return together and get drunk,jugs and cups filled with wine; there is no need for credit.Trans. adapted from Aschwin Lippe. Wintry mountains 49132
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