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Essay on Yue Yi (Lin Yue Yi lun),
1360
Yu He 俞和, 1307 - 1382
Chinese
Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368
1998-76
Information
Title
Essay on Yue Yi (Lin Yue Yi lun)
Dates
1360
Maker
Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy (right): 24.7 x 68.5 cm. (9 3/4 x 26 15/16 in.)
Colophon (left): 24.7 x 109.4 cm. (9 3/4 x 43 1/16 in.)
Mount: h. 25.5 cm. (10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-76
Place Made
Asia, China
Signatures
signed
Inscription
Colophons:
Wen Congjian (1574-1648): two colophons, both dated 1631
Nian Gengyao (d. 1725), undated
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist's – (4)
"Qingyin" 清隱 tall rect. relief (ln. 1, 2nd from top)
"Yu He" 俞龢 sq. relief
"Zizhung fu yin" 子中父印 sq. intaglio
"Zizhi sheng" 紫芝生 sq. intaglio
Collectors –
Xiang Yuanbian 項元汴 (1525-1590)
"Mo" "Lin" 墨林 pair of sq. relief seals (ln. 1, 3d-4th from bottom)
"[Zijing] fu yin" [子京]父印 half seal (front)
"Zijing suo cang" 子京所藏 sq. intaglio (ln. 1, 2nd from bottom)
"Zijing" gourd-shaped relief (ln. 41, 5th from bottom)
"Hsiang Yuanbian yin" sq. relief (ln. 41, 4th from bottom)
"Molin biwan" 墨林秘玩 (ln. 41, 2nd from bottom)
"Zuili Xiang shi shi jia bao wan" 檇李項氏世家寶 tall rect. relief
Gu Congde 顧從德 (late Ming – early Ch'ing)
"Gu shi yun ge zhen cang" 顧氏芸閣珍藏 tall rect. relief (ln. 3, bottom)
Geng Zhaozhong 耿昭忠 (1640-1686):
蓋州人，字信公，號會侯。康熙間授鎮平將軍，累官至內大臣。精鑑賞。卒謚勤僖。
"Banguxuan" 半古軒 (front sheet)
"Huihou" 會侯 sq. intaglio (ln. 1, 4th from top)
"Zhansi" 湛思 sq. relief (ln. 41, 3d from bottom)
"Danchengge" 丹誠閣 sq. intaglio (end)
"Banguxuan shuhua yin" 半古軒書畫印 sq. intaglio (front of colophons)
"Zhenshang" 真賞 gourd relief (front of colophons)
"Dancheng" 丹誠 round intaglio (front of colophons)
"Qinshutang" 琴書堂 square intaglio (front of colophons)
Geng Jiazuo 耿嘉祚 (son of Geng Zhaozhong, late 17th-early 18th century)
號漱六主人
"Shuliu zhuren" 漱六主人 sq. half-relief half-intaglio (ln. 41, bottom)
"Geng Jiazuo yin" 耿嘉祚印 sq. intaglio (front sheet)
"Zi Huihou" 子會侯 sq. relief (front sheet)
"Jiazuo" 嘉祚 sq. relief (ln. 1, 3d from top)
"Zi Huihou" 子會侯 sq. relief (ln. front)
"Geng Huihou jianding shuhua zhi zhang" 耿會侯鑑定書畫之章 large sq. relief (lns. 41-42)
"Geng Jiazuo yin" sq. intaglio (front of colophons)
Qianlong emp., Qing dyn.
"Qianlong yulan zhi bao" 乾隆御覽之寶 large sq. relief (front)
"Yangxindian jian cang bao" 養心殿鑑藏寶 tall rect. relief (front)
"Shiqu baoji" 實渠寶笈 tall rect. relief (above title, ln. 1)
"Sanxi-ang jingjiann xi" 參希堂精鑑璽 tall rect. relief ( ln. 3, top)
"I tzu sun" 宜 子 孫 square intaglio (ln. 3, middle)
"Qianlong jianshang" 乾隆鑑賞 round intaglio (lns. 38-39, top)
" Qianlong yu shang zhi bao" 乾隆俞賞之寶 sq. relief (end)
Jiaqing emp., Qing dyn.
"Jiaqing yulan zhi bao" 嘉慶御覽之寶 oval relief (ln. 23, top)
Xuantong emp., Qing dyn.
"Xuantong yulan zhi bao" 宣統御覽之寶 oval relief (ln. 31-32, top)
"Wuyizhai jing jian xi" 無逸齋精鑒璽 tall rect. rel. (end)
Unidentified
"…jia cang" 家藏 half seal (front)
"Lin chi qing shang" 臨池清賞
"Jixuezhai" 積雪齋 tall rect. relief (ln. 43, middle)
"Gong bao [shijia]" 宮保 [世家]sq. intaglio, half seal (end)
Six characters in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Inscription on clasp
Culture
Period
Materials
Subject
–1998 John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.
