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Carved soapstone plaque with scene of Su Shi at the Red Cliffs, China, mid-18th century. Artist: Unknown

Carved soapstone plaque with scene of Su Shi at the Red Cliffs, China, mid-18th century. Qing dynasty rectangular soapstone plaque of yellowish-green colour with extensive red and grey suffusions. The plaque is carved on this side with a sampan with four occupants near pine-clad cliffs with a crane and clouds above; the four occupants can be identified as the well-known Song poet Su DongPo (1036-1101) otherwise known as Su Shi, who wrote 'The Ode to the red cliffs', a scene from which is depicted here, the poet Huang Tingjian, the monk Foyin and a servant boating under the Red Cliffs. The back is carved with a landscape scene of hills, trees, pavilions and a bridge.

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Carved soapstone plaque with scene of Su Shi at the Red Cliffs, China, mid-18th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption:

Carved soapstone plaque with scene of Su Shi at the Red Cliffs, China, mid-18th century. Qing dynasty rectangular soapstone plaque of yellowish-green colour with extensive red and grey suffusions. The plaque is carved on this side with a sampan with four occupants near pine-clad cliffs with a crane and clouds above; the four occupants can be identified as the well-known Song poet Su DongPo (1036-1101) otherwise known as Su Shi, who wrote 'The Ode to the red cliffs', a scene from which is depicted here, the poet Huang Tingjian, the monk Foyin and a servant boating under the Red Cliffs. The back is carved with a landscape scene of hills, trees, pavilions and a bridge.

Personalities:

SU SHI (1037-1101) • HUANG TINGJIAN

Credit:

Album / The Museum of East Asian Art / Heritage Images

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Image size:

2835 x 2217 px | 18.0 MB

Print size:

24.0 x 18.8 cm | 9.4 x 7.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

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