Listening to a Stream by Pine Trees
Listening to a Stream by Pine Trees

Currently not on view

Listening to a Stream by Pine Trees,

undated

Zhu Cheng 朱承, 1833–1902
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1942-40 c

Information

Title
Listening to a Stream by Pine Trees
Dates

undated

Maker
Zhu Cheng 朱承
Medium
Square album leaf; ink and light color on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 27.3 × 22.5 cm (10 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.) Leaf: 35 × 47.6 cm (13 3/4 × 18 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Peterson Collection, Gift of William Bingham II
Object Number
y1942-40 c
Place Made

Asia, China

Marks/Labels/Seals
Seals: "Xiaonong [jinshi]" 小農〔金石〕, sq. intaglio (left, bottom) "[ ][ ] Heshi" [][] 何氏 , sq. relief (right, bottom), damaged.
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
albums, paintings, chinese painting styles
Materials
silk (textile), ink
Subject
landscapes (representations), trees, figures (representations)

pre-1930 Dr. Frederick Peterson (New York, NY), acquired in New York, NY between ca. 1910–1929.

1930s William Bingham II, 1879-1955 (Bethel, ME), acquired in 1930s (possibly at time of Peterson’s death in 1938).

1930s–1942 William Bingham II (Bethel, ME), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1942.

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