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The Hundred Blind Men,
1736; 19th century (?)

Li Shan 李鱓, 1686–ca. 1756

Chinese

Qing dynasty, 1644–1912

y1947-255

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Title

The Hundred Blind Men

Dates

1736; 19th century (?)

Maker

Li Shan 李鱓

Medium

Handscroll; ink and light colors on paper

Dimensions

Painting: 31 x 667.5 cm. (12 3/16 x 262 13/16 in.) Mount: h. 36 cm. (14 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893

Object Number

y1947-255

Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures

signed

Inscription

Colophon: Zhou Wenjian (unidentified), dated jia-chen (1844 or 1904)

Culture

Chinese

Period

Qing

Type

paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, handscrolls

Subject

figures (representations), men, blindness

1898 – ca. 1926 acquired in China by DuBois Schanck Morris (1873-1956), based in Anhui, China; 1947 gift to Princeton University Art Museum

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Chinese, Qing dynasty (1644–1912), Li Shan 李鱓 (1686–ca. 1756), The Hundred Blind Men, 1736; 19th century (?). Handscroll; ink and light colors on paper; 31 x 667.5 cm (Painting), 36 cm (mount). Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893 (y1947-255)
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https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/23294

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