Children at Play
Many small children in bright robes play together in a walled courtyard. One stands on a low table, another holds a lantern on a pole, and others gather around a goldfish bowl, a birdcage and a miniature rock garden. The painting is ink and color on silk.
Look closer: A small bird sits in the birdcage at the top of the courtyard, partly hidden behind a figure.
- Artist
- Xia Kui
- Date
- 1508
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 1863 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1508).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Charles L. Freer