Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen
Confucius being starved in Chen

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Confucius being starved in Chen

attributed to Zhou Wenju 周文矩, active ca. 950–975
Chinese
Five Dynasties, Southern Tang, 937–975 A.D., 907–960
y1949-51

Information

Title
Confucius being starved in Chen
Maker
attributed to Zhou Wenju 周文矩
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 29.5 x 248 cm. (11 5/8 x 97 5/8 in.) Colophon (right): 29 x 91.7 cm. (11 7/16 x 36 1/8 in.) Mount: h. 32.2 cm. (12 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893
Object Number
y1949-51
Place Made

Asia, China

Marks/Labels/Seals
Eleven characters in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Culture
Chinese
Period
Tang, Five Dynasties
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, handscrolls
Subject
figures (representations), horses, men, banners, Confucianism, pine trees

1898 – ca. 1926 acquired in China by DuBois Schanck Morris (1873-1956), based in Anhui, China; 1949 gift to Princeton University Art Museum

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