Vine leaves and grapes, with a squirrel gnawing at grapes
Vine leaves and grapes, with a squirrel gnawing at grapes

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Vine leaves and grapes, with a squirrel gnawing at grapes

Zhu Lin 朱璘, died 1861
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1942-20

Information

Title
Vine leaves and grapes, with a squirrel gnawing at grapes
Maker
Zhu Lin 朱璘
Medium
Mounted on board: ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 82.5 x 27 cm (32 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Peterson Collection, Gift of William Bingham II
Object Number
y1942-20
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
與鶴為隣松作巢，一生高潔干雲霄。秋風秋雨空山 裏，誰？明珠慰寂寥。己未冬日寫於讀書處 桐孫先生雅屬 綠筠女士朱璘
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist seals “Zhu Lin xiao yin” 朱璘小印, sq. intaglio “Lüyun” 綠筠, sq. relief Collector seal “Hua . . .” 畫。。。, large rect. intaglio (bottom left corner), damaged
Culture
Chinese
Type
paintings, scroll paintings, chinese painting styles
Subject
vines, scrolling foliage, grapes, squirrels

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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