Fish Changing into a Dragon (Hua long tu 化龍圖)
Fish Changing into a Dragon (Hua long tu 化龍圖)
Fish Changing into a Dragon (Hua long tu 化龍圖)
Fish Changing into a Dragon (Hua long tu 化龍圖)
Fish Changing into a Dragon (Hua long tu 化龍圖)
Fish Changing into a Dragon (Hua long tu 化龍圖)

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Fish Changing into a Dragon (Hua long tu 化龍圖),

undated

Yan Liben 閻立本, copy, d. 656
Chinese
y1947-53

Information

Title
Fish Changing into a Dragon (Hua long tu 化龍圖)
Dates

undated

Maker
Yan Liben 閻立本 , copy
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 71 x 33 cm. (27 15/16 x 13 in.) Mount: 230.5 x 49 cm. (90 3/4 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893
Object Number
y1947-53
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed
Marks/Labels/Seals
Fifteen characters in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll Seven characters in ink on label adhered to silk bag Written on tag attached to silk bag: #13
Culture
Chinese
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Subject
waves (natural events), fish, dragons, moons

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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