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Poems about Banana Plants,
1489
Yao Shou 姚綬, 1423 - 1495
Chinese
Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
1998-59
Information
Title
Poems about Banana Plants
Dates
1489
Maker
Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy: 30.5 x 784 cm. (12 x 308 11/16 in.)
Mount: h. 33 cm. (13 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-59
Place Made
Asia, China
Signatures
signed "Yao Gongshou"
dated - 2nd year of Hongzhi reign (1489), 9th moon, 3rd day
Inscription
Colophons:
Ye Gongchuo (1880-ca. 1968), undated;
Ye Shiqing (ca. 1870-after 1922), dated 1920
Marks/Labels/Seals
Six characters in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Culture
Period
Materials
Subject
–1998 John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.
