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Portrait of Su Shi Holding an Inkstone,
1885 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)
Gui Lüzhen 桂履真, died 1895
engraved after a portrait by Huang Shen 黃慎, 1687–ca. 1768
engraved after a portrait by Huang Shen 黃慎, 1687–ca. 1768
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1958-281
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Title
Portrait of Su Shi Holding an Inkstone
Dates
1885 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)
Maker
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink rubbing on paper
Dimensions
image: 134 x 61.6 cm. (52 3/4 x 24 1/4 in.)
154 x 66.7 cm. (60 5/8 x 26 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George Rowley
Object Number
y1958-281
Place Made
Asia, China
Inscription
Title: 宋蘇文忠公小象
Left of title column:
Gui Lüzhen 桂履真 (d. 1895)
[光][緒][十]一年歲次乙酉[1885]涂月庚辰望影黃愼本上石臨川桂中行
In the 12th month, or gengyin cyclical month, of the 21st year of the Guangxu reign when Jupiter was positioned in the yiyou station, Gui Zhongxing examined the portrait version by Huang Shen and had it cut into stone.
Rubbing seal: “Zhongxing zhi yin” 中行之印, sq. intaglio
Notes:
1. Linchuan 臨川. (～郡) commandery (an ancient commandery in present-day Fuzhou city, Jiangxi province.
2. Gui Zhongxing 桂中行 (d. 1895), zi: Lüzhen 履真, native of Linchuan 臨川, Jiangxi, was an official active in the late 19th century. See https://baike.baidu.com/item/桂中行
3. Huang Shen 黃慎 (1687-ca. 1768), painter. See PUAM y1976-43 a-h.
Long inscription at left:
Feng Xu 馮煦 (1842-1927), native of Jintan 金壇, Jiangsu province
宋蘇文忠公以熙寧丁巳[1077]知徐元豐己未[1079]三月移湖。
在徐凡三年今府署逍遙堂仍公舊名也桂君履真
守是邦亦三年矣得黃氏愼所為公執硏象勒諸堂
右以志鄉往[初]公之徐河決澶州曹邨埽水乃徐者
七十許日明年春复旱公即為堤東南以扞矣而石
壇之禱黃樓之鎮徐之民至今能誦之今河既北遷
汴泗亦絕流歲旱彌望千里水潦至則沒為巨浸廣
川瀦之瀹之[雨]窮于施履真私居燕語未嘗不*公
之*能民之日以敝而用以自疚且地薄民[貧]好
為姦盜班氏所志沛楚之失也然公詩嘗云彭城官
居冷如水又云訟庭生草數開尊其委蛇自淂正不
如班氏所譏今履真簿書填委朝作夕不休而酒若
不足于治蘄有公一日 之*不敢亦不暇是非有所
張弛緩急時為之也夫以公志節貞亮毅然以天下
自在所至民樂而所去民懷雖天之*至哉亦其心
卷卷千民不為苟且一切之治以致然也履真誠心
公之心亦不為苟且一切之治行之以漸要之以久
上不*而下不阿心信其志之所歸使徐之民旱澇
有備利用而生厚姦盜不作如公所訟庭生草官
居冷如水者或亦公所冥契而今日之勒公象為不
虛也後之人登公之堂瞻公之象而心履真心公
之心徐之民若常有公之在其上考則尤履真勒公
象之微意也光緒乙酉[1885]九月金壇馮煦記
Description
The Song dynasty poet and artist Su Shi 蘇軾 is portrayed peering intently at an inkstone held in front of him with both hands. The bold lines that define his robe are meant to capture the distinctive ink brushwork of the Qing dynasty painter Huang Shen, whose portrait of Su Shi was used as a model for Gui Lüzhen (zi: Zongxing 中行) who in 1885 had this image cut in stone in the Xiaoyao Tang 逍遙堂 hall in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province.
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