Wu Gang Chopping the Tree on the Moon (Wu Gang xiu yue tu 吳剛修月圖)
Wu Gang Chopping the Tree on the Moon (Wu Gang xiu yue tu 吳剛修月圖)
Wu Gang Chopping the Tree on the Moon (Wu Gang xiu yue tu 吳剛修月圖)
Wu Gang Chopping the Tree on the Moon (Wu Gang xiu yue tu 吳剛修月圖)
Wu Gang Chopping the Tree on the Moon (Wu Gang xiu yue tu 吳剛修月圖)
Wu Gang Chopping the Tree on the Moon (Wu Gang xiu yue tu 吳剛修月圖)

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Wu Gang Chopping the Tree on the Moon (Wu Gang xiu yue tu 吳剛修月圖),

1893

Chen Zhao 陳炤, 1838–1896
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
2012-95

Information

Title
Wu Gang Chopping the Tree on the Moon (Wu Gang xiu yue tu 吳剛修月圖)
Dates

1893

Maker
Chen Zhao 陳炤
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 131.7 x 66.0 cm. (51 7/8 x 26 in.) Mount (with knobs): 228.6 x 91.4 cm. (90 x 36 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Hugh Leander Adams, Mary Trumbull Adams and Hugh Trumbull Adams Princeton Art Fund and gift of Leon and Karen Wender
Object Number
2012-95
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed and dated
Inscription
Inscribed lower right: 吳剛修月圖 癸已秋日若木
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist, "Chen Chongguang" 陳崇光, square intaglio, lower right
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Subject
trees, figures (representations), landscapes (representations), rabbits, moons, jades, palaces

–2012 China 2000 Fine Art (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2012.

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