Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men
Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men
Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men
Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men
Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men
Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men

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Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men,

undated

Liu Songnian 劉松年, copy of, active ca. 1150–after 1200
Chinese
y1946-180 a-j

Information

Title
Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men
Dates

undated

Maker
Liu Songnian 劉松年 , copy of
Medium
Album of 10 leaves; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Album: 34.3 x 57.4 cm. (13 1/2 x 22 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893
Object Number
y1946-180 a-j
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed on leaf f
Inscription
Inscriptions by Ke Jiusi. Plus 2 colophons by Zheng Yuanyou, Yu Ji, and Zhang Yu on 2 leaves; ink on paper
Culture
Chinese
Type
paintings, albums, chinese painting styles
Subject
figures (representations), men

1898 – ca. 1926 acquired in China by DuBois Schanck Morris (1873-1956), based in Anhui, China; 1946 gift to Princeton University Art Museum

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