Bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo

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Bamboo,

1613

Gui Changshi 歸昌世, 1574–1645
Chinese
Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
y1947-4
According to the artist’s inscription, this painting of bamboo growing behind rocks was made on a winter day; the tips of new bamboo shoots emerging from the rocks suggest that the artist was looking forward to the coming of spring. Painting bamboo requires a mastery of both brush and ink. Not outlined in their individual forms, the stem, knots, branches, and leaves of bamboo are brushed in tones of ink, as if the artist were writing calligraphy. Many artists devoted their entire careers exclusively to painting bamboo.

Information

Title
Bamboo
Dates

1613

Maker
Gui Changshi 歸昌世
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 109 x 29.5 cm. (42 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.) Mount: 259 x 48 cm. (101 15/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893
Object Number
y1947-4
Place Made

Asia, China

Marks/Labels/Seals
Five characters in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll Five characters in ink on label adhered to silk bag Tag attached to silk bag
Culture
Chinese
Period
Ming
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Subject
bamboo

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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