Scholar and Plum Tree
Scholar and Plum Tree

Currently not on view

Scholar and Plum Tree,

undated

Ma Yuan (馬 遠), attributed to, active ca. 1190–1225
Chinese
Song dynasty, 960–1279
y1947-179

Information

Title
Scholar and Plum Tree
Dates

undated

Maker
Ma Yuan (馬 遠) , attributed to
Medium
Fan mounted as album leaf; ink on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 26.4 x 24.8 cm. (10 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.) Calligraphy: 26.4 x 24.8 cm. (10 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.) Leaf: 38.5 x 67.4 cm. (15 3/16 x 26 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893
Object Number
y1947-179
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed (spurious)
Culture
Chinese
Period
Song
Type
fans (costume accessories), chinese painting styles, paintings, albums
Subject
landscapes (representations), buildings, plum trees, scholars

1898 – ca. 1926 acquired in China by DuBois Schanck Morris (1873-1956), based in Anhui, China; 1947 gift to Princeton University Art Museum

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