Landscapes and Flowers

Chen Hongshou

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A semi-circular fan with a light-brown background and darker brown lines radiating from the center. The fan depicts three people in traditional clothing sitting on a ground with a low table. The sitting people are on a flat lower ground area; the person on the left sits on a mat. The person on the right sits on a round platform; there are two baskets on the ground between them. The sitting person on the right is leaning on a rock formation on the upper right. The person in the middle sits on a pile of cloth; their right leg stretched out. The background ground appears to have a few rocks on the upper left. The fan has red square stamps on the bottom left and right corners; there is also some black writing on the bottom right. The fan is flat against a light gray background. The artist is Chen Hongshou; the piece is titled Landscapes and Flowers.