Friendship in Stone (Shijiao tu 石交圖),
dated 1640

Ni Yuanlu 倪元璐, 1593–1644

Chinese

Ming dynasty, 1368–1644

1998-70 a-j_A1

Information

Title

Friendship in Stone (Shijiao tu 石交圖)

Dates

dated 1640

Maker

Ni Yuanlu 倪元璐

Medium

Title Page for Album of 10 leaves; ink and color on silk

Dimensions

Calligraphy (frontispiece): 21.5 × 20.3 cm (8 7/16 × 8 in.) mat (frontispiece): 30.2 × 27.9 cm (11 7/8 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951

Object Number

1998-70 a-j_A1

Place Made

Asia, China

Marks/Labels/Seals

Seals on frontispiece: Zhang Xiangning張祥凝 (1909–1960 or 1911–1958) "Pingzhai" 㻂齋, oval relief, lower left, top "Pingzhai biji" 㻂齋秘笈, square relief, lower left, bottom Ou Hanbo 區漢波 (early 20th century; Hong Kong collector whose Zhengxin-zhengyi-zhai 正心誠意齋 collection included many Ming and Qing paintings and calligraphies. Many of the works in his collection had colophons by Zhang Xiangning 張祥凝) "Zhengxin Chenguizhai yin" 正心誠意齋印, square relief, right Artist seals: "Ni Yuanlu yin" 倪元璐印, square intaglio (leaves 1-9) "Biehaoyuan ke" 別號園客, square intaglio (leaves 1-9) "[Yuanlu(?)]" 元璐, tall rectangular relief (leaf j, right, top) "Ni Yuanlu yin" 倪元璐印, square relief (leaf j, upper left, top) "Hongbao" 鴻寶, square relief (leaf j, upper left, bottom) Collector seals: Ou Hanbo 區漢波 (early 20th century) "Ou Hanbo cang" 區漢波藏 square relief "Tian rang zhi bao" 天壤至寶 oval relief "Hanbo ming xin zhi pin" 漢波銘心之品 sq. relief Zhang Xiangning張祥凝 (1909–1960 or 1911–1958) "Zhang shi pingzhai pingsheng zhenshang" 張氏㻂齋平生珍賞 rect. relief "Pingzhai shending" 㻂齋審定 rect. relief "Zhang Xiangning cang" 張祥凝藏 tall rect. relief Gu Danming 顧澹明 (1904–1973; from Guangdong, follower of Gao Jianfu高剑父, amateur painter, and known as a forger of Kang Youwei’s calligraphy; during the war he served as head of the Propoganda Office宣傳處for the collaborationist Reorganized National Government of China 汪偽政府; after the war had went to Hong Kong) "Gu Danming cang" 顧澹明藏 square intaglio "Yunzhengzhai" 蘊正齋 square relief "Gu shi yunzhengzhai cang" 顧氏蘊正齋藏 tall rect. relief

Culture

Chinese

Period

Ming

Type

albums, paintings

Materials

ink, silk (textile), color

Subject

rock (inorganic material), landscapes (representations)

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Chinese, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Ni Yuanlu 倪元璐 (1593–1644), Friendship in Stone (Shijiao tu 石交圖), dated 1640. Title Page for Album of 10 leaves; ink and color on silk; , 21.5 × 20.3 cm (Calligraphy, frontispiece), 30.2 × 27.9 cm (mat, frontispiece). Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951 (1998-70 a-j_A1)
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https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/146461

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