Fish at Play

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During the reign (1101\u201325) of Emperor Huizong, the cultivation of rare aquarium fish came into vogue, and playful, splashing fish in plant-filled waters became a popular subject. In the Xuanhe huapu (preface dated 1120), the catalogue of Huizong\u2019s painting collection, the author of the essay "Fishes and Dragons\u201d decries still-life representations of fish as \u201cobjects on a kitchen table\u201d but praises pictures of fish that \u201cplay in the wide expanse and dive in the deep.\u201d In Fish at Play, where six slim, nimble fish flip and weave through the grasses, the painter\u2019s genius for suggesting life and movement by the graceful deployment of elegant, curving lines is fully in evidence. Flawlessly executed, the image is at once a metaphor for and a re-creation of natural life at its freest and most spontaneous.

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