Purification in the Autumn Hills
Purification in the Autumn Hills

© Estate of Pu Ru

Purification in the Autumn Hills
Purification in the Autumn Hills

Currently not on view

Purification in the Autumn Hills,

undated; ca. 1950s

Pu Ru 溥儒 , 1896–1963
Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2001-1

Information

Title
Purification in the Autumn Hills
Dates

undated; ca. 1950s

Maker
Pu Ru 溥儒
Medium
Horizontal scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 31.9 x 107.6 cm. (12 9/16 x 42 3/8 in.) Mount: 39.5 x 131.1 cm. (15 9/16 x 51 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Mote in memory of Professor Ch'en Ta-tuan
Object Number
2001-1
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed
Inscription
4-line inscription: [ ][ ]樓秋禊図[ ][ ]道[ ][ ][ ][ ]
Marks/Labels/Seals
Seals: one round yang seal at lower right edge of painting; one vertical rectangular yang seal near top of first line of inscription; small square yang seal near bottom of last line of inscription [ ][ ][ ][ ], round relief, lower right 西[山][ ][ ], tall rectangular relief, left “Xinyu,” 心畬, square relief, left
Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, handscrolls
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink
Subject
hills, trees, landscapes (representations), autumn, temples, mountains

–1950 Private collection (Nanjing, China), by gift to Frederick W. Mote (Nanjing, China), 1950.
1950–2001 Frederick W. Mote and Hsiao-lan Mote (Princeton, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2001.

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