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Portrait of Yang Guifei, in manner of Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470–1524),
dated 1823
Gai Qi 改琦, 1774–1829
in the manner of Tang Yin 唐寅, 1470–1524
in the manner of Tang Yin 唐寅, 1470–1524
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1942-28
Information
Title
Portrait of Yang Guifei, in manner of Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470–1524)
Dates
dated 1823
Maker
Dimensions
Painting: 117 x 40 cm (46 1/16 x 15 3/4 in.); Overall: 128.6 x 52.1 cm (50 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Peterson Collection, Gift of William Bingham II
Object Number
y1942-28
Place Made
Asia, China
Signatures
signed
Inscription
inscribed:
道光癸未秋九月倣桃花盦主筆法玉壺外人改琦寫
“In fall, the ninth month of the guiwu (1823) cyclical year of the Daoguang reign, painted by Yuhuwairen, Gai Qi, after the brush manner of the master or the Peach Blossom Cottage* [i.e. Tang Yin]”
* Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470–1524) was the author of the poem “Song of the Peach Blossom Cottage”《桃花庵歌》
Marks/Labels/Seals
“Gai Qi” 改琦 sq. relief
Culture
Period
Subject
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.
Portrait of Yang Guifei, in manner of Tang Yin (1470–1524)