Beyond Landscape
Beyond Landscape

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Beyond Landscape

Dai Xi 戴熙, 1801–1860
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
2016-552

Information

Title
Beyond Landscape
Maker
Dai Xi 戴熙
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on gold-flecked paper
Dimensions
Painting: 105.3 × 27.5 cm (41 7/16 × 10 13/16 in.) Mount: 204 × 43.3 cm (80 5/16 × 17 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Hsiao-Ian Mote
Object Number
2016-552
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Inscribed upper left: “天外之天，水中之水，笔中之笔，墨外之墨，非高人逸品， 不能得之，不能知之。” 醇士。[“The sky beyond sky, water within water, brush within brush, ink beyond ink, [these] are not extraordinary traits that [even] talented persons [can achieve]. They cannot be reached; they cannot be known.” Chunshi (i.e., Dai Xi)] “天外之天 . . . 不能知之” cites a painting colophon by Yun Shouping 惲壽平 (1633-1690)
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist, Dai Xi, 戴熙, square intaglio, upper seal at upper left Artist, Chunshi, 醇士, square relief, lower seal at upper left
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
hanging scrolls, paintings, scroll paintings
Materials
gold alloy, ink, paper (fiber product)
Techniques
painting (image-making)
Subject
buildings, bridges (built works), mountains, trees, landscapes (representations)

–2016 Mrs. Hsiao-lan Mote (Granby, CO), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016.

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