# Sheep and shepherd-boy under a willow, in Wu Boli's contemporaries

Li Song painted this in 1368-1644. It is now at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC.

From the museum's label:

> Three sheep graze in one corner as a shepherd plays under a shady willow tree. The inscribed title of the painting reads "sanyang kaitai," or "three sheep bring prosperity." The symbolism becomes more complex because sheep (yang) is a rebus for the Dao trigram with three long lines that represents spring.

_Text from the National Museum of Asian Art._

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## The work

- Date: 1368-1644
- Medium: Ink and color on silk
- Dimensions: H x W (image): 24.6 x 24.7 cm (9 11/16 x 9 3/4 in)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, F1909.244e
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Li Song](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/li-song), late 12th-early 13th century

1 works in the collection.

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