Narcissus and Plum Blossoms (Meihua shuixian tu 梅花水仙圖)
Narcissus and Plum Blossoms (Meihua shuixian tu 梅花水仙圖)

photo: Masatsugu Nokubo

Narcissus and Plum Blossoms (Meihua shuixian tu 梅花水仙圖)
Narcissus and Plum Blossoms (Meihua shuixian tu 梅花水仙圖)

Currently not on view

Narcissus and Plum Blossoms (Meihua shuixian tu 梅花水仙圖),

undated; early 16th century

Chen Chun 陳淳 (Chen Daofu 陳道復), 1483–1544
Chinese
Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
1998-97

Information

Title
Narcissus and Plum Blossoms (Meihua shuixian tu 梅花水仙圖)
Dates

undated; early 16th century

Maker
Chen Chun 陳淳 (Chen Daofu 陳道復)
Medium
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 70.2 x 33.1 cm. (27 5/8 x 13 1/16 in.) Mount: 228 x 50.6 cm. (89 3/4 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-97
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed "Daofu" 道復; cursive script with a variant form of "dao"
Inscription
Inscription upper right: Zhou Tianqiu 周天球 (1514-1595), hao: Youhai 幼海 Seals – (2)
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist's seals- (2) "Fufu shi" 復甫氏, square yin "Baiyang shanren" 白陽山人, square yin Collector's seals - (5) Chen Rentao 陳仁濤 (1906–1968), seals in corners of the painting "Jingui baocang, Chen shi Rentao" 金貴寶藏陳氏仁濤, coin-shaped relief (left, top) "Rentao qingjian xi" 仁濤奇緣, vertical oval relief (right, 2nd from bottom) "Jinguitang qingjian xi" 金貴堂清鑒璽, square relief (left, bottom) "Rentao dingyou yihou shending" 仁濤丁酉以後審定, vertical rectangular relief(right, third from bottom) "[ ] [ ] zhencang" [ ][ ]珍藏, square relief (right, bottom) (upper right) Zhou Tianqiu (h. Youhai) Seals - (2) Six characters in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Culture
Chinese
Period
Ming
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
plum blossoms, narcissus

–1998 John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.

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