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Flowers, Landscapes, and Vegetables (Huahui shanshui shuguo ce 花卉山水熟果冊),
1674
Yun Shouping 惲壽平, 1633–1690
He Shaoji 何紹基, 1799–1873
He Shaoji 何紹基, 1799–1873
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1975-29 a-i
In this album, Yun Shouping, following a common practice, painted landscapes, plants, and rocks in the style of venerated masters of the Song (960–1279) and Yuan (1260–1368) dynasties, albeit with his own unique approach. Yun’s “boneless” ink-wash style is evident here in his casual sketches of peony and lotus flowers. In these paintings, Yun dispensed with ink outlines, the so-called bones, and instead drew the forms in transparent colors, applying layers of wash to delineate the edges. In his landscape, rock, and tree motifs, dry-ink texture strokes help define the surfaces and stand in contrast to the dark ink lines and dots that highlight the bamboo and foliage.
Information
Title
Flowers, Landscapes, and Vegetables (Huahui shanshui shuguo ce 花卉山水熟果冊)
Dates
1674
Medium
Album of nine leaves; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Album: 37.2 x 65 x 2 cm. (14 5/8 x 25 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David L. Elliott
Object Number
y1975-29 a-i
Place Made
Asia, China
Marks/Labels/Seals
Two columns of characters in ink on label adhered to album cover
Culture
Period
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Suzuki, Kei, and Terakazu Akiyama. Chugoku bijutsu, vol. 1. Tokyo: Kodan-sha, 1973.
, pls. 8,9 - "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1975," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, 35, no. 1 (1976): p. 22-31., p. 25
- Suzuki, Kei, comp. Chūgoku kaiga sōgō zuroku, vol. 1 of Amerika-Kanada hen. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1982., A17–072
- Wen C. Fong, Images of the mind: selections from the Edward L. Elliott family and John B. Elliott collections of Chinese calligraphy and painting at the Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1984)., p. 408
