Searching for Plum Blossoms (Tanmei shihua tu)
Searching for Plum Blossoms (Tanmei shihua tu)
Searching for Plum Blossoms (Tanmei shihua tu)
Searching for Plum Blossoms (Tanmei shihua tu)
Searching for Plum Blossoms (Tanmei shihua tu)
Searching for Plum Blossoms (Tanmei shihua tu)

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Searching for Plum Blossoms (Tanmei shihua tu),

1685

Shitao 石濤, 1642–1707; born Guilin, China; died Yangzhou, China
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1967-3

Information

Title
Searching for Plum Blossoms (Tanmei shihua tu)
Dates

1685

Maker
Shitao 石濤
Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 30.6 x 132.2 cm. (12 1/16 x 52 1/16 in.) Colophon (left): 30.6 x 125 cm. (12 1/16 x 49 3/16 in.) Mount: h. 31.7 cm. (12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Object Number
y1967-3
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed
Inscription
dated 1685
Marks/Labels/Seals
Characters and two seals in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
chinese painting styles, colophons, scroll paintings, handscrolls
Subject
plum blossoms, poems

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