Zhao Mengfu Writing the Heart (Hridaya) Sutra in Exchange for Tea, 1542-43. Qiu Ying (Chinese, 1494-1552). Handscroll, ink and light color on paper; image: x cm (8 1/8 x 30 13/16 in.); overall: x cm (8 5/16 x 217 15/16 in.). The Yuan dynasty calligrapher Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322) is said to have transcribed the Heart Sutra for a certain priest named Li in exchange for tea. Later, during the Ming dynasty, the professional painter Qiu Ying from Suzhou painted this scene for his , Zhao Mengfu holds a brush and has a piece of paper laid out before him. On the table i
Zhao Mengfu Writing the Heart (Hridaya) Sutra in Exchange for Tea, 1542-43. Qiu Ying (Chinese, 1494-1552). Handscroll, ink and light color on paper; image: x cm (8 1/8 x 30 13/16 in.); overall: x cm (8 5/16 x 217 15/16 in.). The Yuan dynasty calligrapher Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322) is said to have transcribed the Heart Sutra for a certain priest named Li in exchange for tea. Later, during the Ming dynasty, the professional painter Qiu Ying from Suzhou painted this scene for his , Zhao Mengfu holds a brush and has a piece of paper laid out before him. On the table is an ink stone, an ink stick, and a small water dropper. Drops of water would dissolve the ink stick into liquid ink when it was ground on the flat square stone.
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