pea vine and autumn tree
Pea Vine and Autumn Tree
Artist
Creation date
1517
Materials
ink on paper
Dimensions
46 7/16 x 8 1/16 in. (image)
85 1/8 x 14 9/16 in. (overall)
Credit line
Purchased to complement the Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lilly Collection of Chinese art through the bequest of Mrs. Enid Goodrich and the support of Lilly Endowment Inc.
Accession number
2004.7
Collection
Currently On View In
Richard M. Fairbanks Gallery
秋樹豆藤
Tang's inscription reads
燈火連床淹夜雨, 野人籬落有秋風。
The lamp-lit bed shadow drowns in the evening rain;
The rustic man's fence receives the autumn wind.
The "rustic man's fence" alludes to a poem by Li Ying 李郢 (active about 850) which speaks of lotus leaves in an autumn pond and pea flowers on a rustic man's fence.
<江亭晚望>:秋馆池亭荷叶歇，野人篱落豆花初
N.Y. private collection. Purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2004
