On view
Asian Art
Huo Pavilion
Huo Pavilion
Sparrow on Apple Branch (Lin qin que 林檎雀),
undated; ca. 1330–1368
attributed to Qian Xuan 錢選, ca. 1235–1300; born Wuxing, Zhejiang, China
Chinese
Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368
y1959-1
Information
Title
Sparrow on Apple Branch (Lin qin que 林檎雀)
Dates
undated; ca. 1330–1368
Maker
attributed to Qian Xuan 錢選
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 21.3 × 27.7 cm (8 3/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
mount: 114.9 × 44.5 cm (45 1/4 × 17 1/2 in.)
with knobs: 48.9 cm (19 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr., Memorial Collection
Object Number
y1959-1
Place Made
Asia, China
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artists' seals
Five characters in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Culture
Period
Subject
Mentioned in the Kundaikan catalogue, 1511; Marquis Asano Collection, Tokyo, by 1917; Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Class of 1906 (1884–1976); purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum for the C. O. von Kienbusch, Jr. Memorial Collection, 1959.
- Wen Fong, "'Sparrow on an Apple Branch' by Ch'ien Hsuan," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 19, no. 1 (1960): 17–20. , fig. 1, p. 18 (illlus.); fig. 2, p. 20 (illus.)
- "The Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Jr., Memorial Collection," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, vol. 36, no. 2 (1977): p. 24-32., p. 32
- Zhejiang daxue Zhongguo gudai shuhua yanjiu zhong xin 浙江大學中國古代書畫研究中心. Yuan hua quan ji. 5, 4 (元畫全集 第五卷第四冊). Hangzhou: Zhejiang daxue chuban she 浙江大學出版社, 2012–onwards., no. 149
