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Tiger,
1746
Fang Shishu, 1692–1751
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
2005-61
Information
Title
Tiger
Dates
1746
Maker
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 48.9 x 32.4 cm. (19 1/4 x 12 3/4 in.)
Mount: 246 x 58 cm. (96 7/8 x 22 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in loving memory of Hsueh Tseng Chang, Graduate School Class of 1942, and Lucy Chang, by Clarence D. and Elizabeth C. Chang, J. Alton and Leona (Chang) Crozier, and Mr. Humphrey Kuan Chang.
Object Number
2005-61
Place Made
Asia, China
Marks/Labels/Seals
Characters and one seal in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Artist seals:
"Fang Shishu yin," red, square, center
"Ouran she de" 偶然捨得, black ink, square intaglio, right bottom
("Ordered by Chance"; said to appear on scrolls done during Fang’s last years and placed on works that particular pleased him)
Collectors' (unidentified) seal:
"Jiangyin Chen shi [ ] [ ] shen cang shuhua zhi yin" 江陰陳氏[ ][ ]審藏書畫之印, tall rectanuglar relief, left bottom
Culture
Period
Materials
Subject
–1978 Hsueh Tseng Chang (NJ), on loan to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1978-2005.
–2005 Clarence D. and Elizabeth C. Chang (Princeton, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2005.
