- Titles Snowy Plum Blossom Landscape with Taoist Immortals the Donkey Rider Zhang Guolao and Lan Caihe on a Footbridge in Folding Fan Format (Proper)
- Artist Monk Baofa, Chinese, active 1870s
- Medium ink and white paint on mica ground paper
- Dimensions 7 3/8 × 21 1/2 in. (18.7 × 54.6 cm) mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
- Credit Line Museum purchase with funds from the Endowed Fund for Acquisitions and the Birmingham Asian Art Society, 1988.82.108
- Work Type fan painting
- Classification Paintings
- On View
- Signature Artist’s Seal: Baofa (square, white characters) ??
- Marks Artist’s Seal: Baofa (square, white characters) ??
- Inscription Artist’s Inscription (top left): Because of my love for the plum blossom, I had to go and see them. The fragrance of the flower and the snow enveloped my body, I was unaware of the cold. Casually riding a donkey, I sought poetic expression, but all the verses I can think of are about high mountains and precipitous paths. No one can describe my feeling right now. In the mid-autumn of the year of xinwei (1871), done by Baofa. ??????????????????????????????????? Because of my love for the prunus, I went to view them. The fragrant snow enveloped my body; I was unaware of the cold. Casually astride a donkey, I sought poetic expression. Useless words from the past are as many as the roads to Shu (Szechuan). Made by Baofa on the mid-autumn festival of xin-wei (1871).
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