Currently not on view
Four-character Poem,
1460 – 1527
Shao Bao 邵寶, 1460–1527
Shen Zhou 沈周, 1427–1509
Shen Zhou 沈周, 1427–1509
Chinese
Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
y1984-51 b
Information
Title
Four-character Poem
Dates
1460 – 1527
Maker
Medium
Folding fan mounted as album leaf; ink on gold-flecked paper
Dimensions
Painting: 25 x 53.7 cm. (9 13/16 x 21 1/8 in.)
Leaf (closed): 59.5 x 31.3 cm. (23 7/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Mat: 38.2 x 67 cm. (15 1/16 x 26 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward L. Elliott
Object Number
y1984-51 b
Place Made
Asia, China
Signatures
signed: Shen Zhou
Inscription
Inscription/calligraphic text:
Shui ci ren jia si rang xi
Cen ci (??) zhu shu luo ju yuan
(*?) weng yuan zuo bu chu hu
ri nian nei kan (?) (*?) zheng ti.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Seals: 3. small square yang seal after Shen Zhou's signature ; small square yang seal in lower right corner of fan, illegible in photo; small square yang seal lower left corner of fan (4 characters): .
Culture
Period
- Wen C. Fong, Images of the mind: selections from the Edward L. Elliott family and John B. Elliott collections of Chinese calligraphy and painting at the Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1984)., cat. no. 6
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1984," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 44, no. 1 (1985): p. 24-52., pp. 48–49 (illus.)
