Streams and Mountains (Xi shan qing shuang tu 溪山晴爽圖 )

photo: Masatsugu Nokubo

Streams and Mountains (Xi shan qing shuang tu 溪山晴爽圖 )

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Streams and Mountains (Xi shan qing shuang tu 溪山晴爽圖 ),

1341 (17th or 18th century)

Chen Ruyan 陳汝言, attributed to, ca. 1331–before 1371
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
1998-789

Information

Title
Streams and Mountains (Xi shan qing shuang tu 溪山晴爽圖 )
Dates

1341 (17th or 18th century)

Maker
Chen Ruyan 陳汝言 , attributed to
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 42.4 x 24.8 cm. (16 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.) Mount: 251.2 x 44.3 cm. (98 7/8 x 17 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
The John B. Elliott, Class of 1951, Collection
Object Number
1998-789
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed "Chen Weiyun" 陳惟允
Inscription
Titleslip (right of painting) "Streams and Mountains on a Bright and Clear Day by Chen Weiyun of the Yuan dynasty. Treasure of the Pan family Haishanxianguan* in Lingnan" 元陳惟允溪山晴爽圖. 嶺南海山僊館潘氏珍藏 * Haishanxianguan 海山僊館 was a garden in Lichee Bay 荔枝灣, Xiguan 西關 area, Guangzhou, belonging to Pan Shicheng 潘仕成 (1804–1873). Titleslip (outside wrapper) "Painting by Chen Weiyun imitating Beiyuan [i.e., Dong Yuan 董源 (d. 962)] from the former Shiqu [baoji] collection. Luo Zhenyu… 石渠舊藏陳惟允仿北苑小品. 羅振玉 [ ] 署 Colophon: Qianlong emperor (r. 1736-95), dated guimo (1763) Text: check Shiqu baoji for transcription Seal: "Qianlong [ ] han" (see unicode), sq. relief
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist's seal: "Liushisi shi"? 六十四氏 , square intaglio Collectors' seals: Qianlong emperor (r. 1736–95) "Qianlong yulan zhi bao" 乾隆衘覽之寶, oval relief "Qianlong jian shang" 乾隆鑑賞, round intaglio "Sanxitang jing jian xi" 三希堂精鑑璽, tall rectangular relief (half on border) "Yi zi sun" 宜子孫, square intaglio (half on border) "Shiqu baoji" 石渠寶笈 tall rectangular relief (half on border) Xiang Yuanbian 項元汴 "Xiang Zijing jia zhen cang" 項子京家珍藏, tall rectangular relief "Shen" 神 "Pin" 品, pair of square relief Pan Shicheng 潘仕成 (1804–1873) (嶺南海山僊館潘氏), titleslip writer "Lingnan Pan shi jian cang" 嶺南潘氏鑒藏 tall rectangular relief (on tight border) Unknown "Loudong Miu shi [ ] cang" 婁東繆氏 [ ] 藏, square relief (on left border) - PossiblyMiu Chaoquan缪朝荃 (b. 1844) from Jiangsu, zi Hengfu 蘅甫 "[Qing] [ ] shi zhen cang shuhua yin" [青] [ ] 氏珍藏書畫引 square relief (on right border; Japanese?)
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
landscapes (representations), streams, mountains

–1998 John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.

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