Album of Calligraphy and Paintings

Bian Shoumin’s album leaf features calligraphy and paintings. Created in the first half of the 1700s, it uses ink and color on paper. Qing dynasty, China.

The album leaf is housed in the Cleveland Museum of Art. It is part of their collection of Chinese paintings from the Qing dynasty.

Bian Shoumin was known for painting wild geese, earning him the nickname Bianyan. He was a member of the ‘Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou.’

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.260.k

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