Portrait of Qiu Jun of the Ming Dynasty
Portrait of Qiu Jun of the Ming Dynasty
Portrait of Qiu Jun of the Ming Dynasty
Portrait of Qiu Jun of the Ming Dynasty

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Portrait of Qiu Jun of the Ming Dynasty,

1837 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)

Dong Guohua 董國華, 1800–1850
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1958-245

Information

Title
Portrait of Qiu Jun of the Ming Dynasty
Dates

1837 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)

Maker
Dong Guohua 董國華
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink rubbing on paper
Dimensions
image: 148 x 63 cm. (58 1/4 x 24 13/16 in.) 168 x 67 cm. (66 1/8 x 26 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George Rowley
Object Number
y1958-245
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
明丘文莊公遺像 奇[]種[]篤生傑英 文莊特起望重有明 義補西山學富南冥 []品鍔[]說經硜[] 性剛俗[][]高[世]驚 近冠二頡遠頡兩京 千春論定偉哉世星 清芬仍[]遺像崢嶸 大清道光十七年歲次丁酉七月** 吳縣後學董國華。。。
Description
Seated figure of the Ming dynasty official and writer Qiu Jun 丘濬 (or 邱濬; 1421-1495) holding a tablet. He sits in a chair wearing robes with decorated borders on the lapels and sleeves. On his head he wears a “ridged guan” (liang guan 梁冠) hat, which was standard court attire for civil servants across most dynasties. According to the Ming text Sancai tuhui 三才圖會, it is squarish, with the front lower than the back, tilting slightly backwards, has an enclosing edge, with an open front and a closed back. The six ridges indicate a Second Rank. Behind the figure the background remains white, and a horizontal band at top is inscribed with an 1837 inscription by Dong Guohua that is written in clerical-script calligraphy.
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
rubbings
Subject
figures (representations), men, portraits

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