Listening to the Waterfall, c. 1450, Unknown Zhe school artist, 65 3/4 x 41 3/16 in. ( x cm) (image), Ink and color on silk, China, 15th century, In this evocative early Zhe school painting, a scholar-recluse lying at ease near the edge of a cliff listens to the powerful waterfall that roils and boils above his resting place and crashes into the crevasse below. He has set aside his guchin (zither) and book, preferring the entertainment of untamed nature

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