Details
| Artist | Chen Gua, Chinese, active 1547-1554 |
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| Date | 1549 |
| Medium | Ink on paper |
| Dimensions | Overall: 96 × 21 5/8 inches (243.8 × 54.9 cm) Image: 73 3/4 inches × 15 inches (187.3 × 38.1 cm) Installed: 96 1/4 inches × 25 inches × 1 1/2 inches (244.5 × 63.5 × 3.8 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Stoddard Fund for Asian Art |
| Accession Number | 80.2 |
| Department | Asian Art |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Stamps, in red, upper right, below inscription: [four seals] Stamps, in red, right center: [two seals] Stamps, in red, lower left center: [two seals] Stamps, in red, lower right corner: [two seals] Stamp, in red, lower left corner: [seal] |
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| Inscriptions | Poem inscribed on upper right; translation: Trees in the valley cast shadow upon shadow, The winding stream flows and reaches. Gazing at the distant mountains beyond the clouds, Its beauty surpasses that of the hibiscus flower. |
Provenance
Su-huang-mi-chai;
Lu-shih-shu-t'ung-yen-fu;
Yuan-pei-so-ts'ang;
Yuan-pe-yeh-ts'ang-shu-hua-chin-shih-yin.
(Chi Cheng);
1980-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Lu-shih-shu-t'ung-yen-fu;
Yuan-pei-so-ts'ang;
Yuan-pe-yeh-ts'ang-shu-hua-chin-shih-yin.
(Chi Cheng);
1980-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Sogen. Pageant of Chinese Painting. Tokyo, p. 595, pl. 125.
Bulletin of the DIA 58, no. 4 (1980): p. 176 (ill.).
Mitchell, S.W. "The Asian Collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts." Orientations 13, no. 5 (May 1982): pp. 14-36 (fig. 10).
Bulletin of the DIA 58, no. 4 (1980): p. 176 (ill.).
Mitchell, S.W. "The Asian Collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts." Orientations 13, no. 5 (May 1982): pp. 14-36 (fig. 10).