An Immortal's Abode above the Clouds (Xian jia yun zhu 仙家雲住)
An Immortal's Abode above the Clouds (Xian jia yun zhu 仙家雲住)

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An Immortal's Abode above the Clouds (Xian jia yun zhu 仙家雲住),

mid-1680s

Gong Xian 龔賢, 1619–1689; born Kunshan, China; active and died Nanjing, China
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
2024-544

Information

Title
An Immortal's Abode above the Clouds (Xian jia yun zhu 仙家雲住)
Dates

mid-1680s

Maker
Gong Xian 龔賢
Medium
Hanging scroll: ink on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 176.3 × 53.4 cm (69 7/16 × 21 in.) Mount: 250 × 69.4 cm (98 7/16 × 27 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Nancy Chang Lee
Object Number
2024-544
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Asian, Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
paintings, hanging scrolls

? – 1991 Collection of Elliott Family
1970 – March 31, 1990 On loan to the Princeton University Art Museum (L.1970.196)
25th November 1991 Sold at Christie's - New York, Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy from the Ellen B. Elliott Collection, No. 29
1991 (?) – 2024 Collection of Nancy Lee, Hong Kong

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