| Object Title |
Seven Sages in Bamboo Grove |
| Object Number |
C121 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Chinese |
| Provenience |
China |
| Creator |
Liu Songnian |
| Period |
Ming Dynasty (uncertain) | Qing Dynasty (uncertain) |
| Date Made |
17th Century |
| Section |
Asian |
| Technique |
Painted |
| Description |
Seven Sages in Grove. Artist Liu Songnian 劉松年 (flourished 1190 - 1230 CE). Done in style of painting academy of Tang-Song period. Natural settings e.g. waterfall, rock, clouds, trees are purposely distorted in contrast with human figures done in free, expressive manner. Formerly in the collection of John Calvin Ferguson (1866 - 1945 CE). |
| Height |
200.66 cm |
| Width |
103.19 cm |
| Depth |
3.17 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from M. Knoedler & Company, 1916 |
| Other Number |
Getz 52 - Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Howell, Carol-Joyce. "Warp and Woof." The University Museum Bulletin 14, no. 3. (1949): 2-21. See: p. 16 |
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| Fernald, Helen E. Handbook of Chinese Paintings in the Collection of the Museum. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1922. Page/Fig./Plate: 27-28 |
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| Getz, John. The University Museum Exhibition of Oriental Art. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1916. Page/Fig./Plate: 194 no.52 |
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| Ferguson, John C. Chinese Paintings in the University Museum Philadelphia: A Record of the signatures, seals, inscriptions, colophons and labels on the Chinese paintings collected by me for the Museum. 1916. |
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| M. Knoedler & Co. Catalogue of early Chinese paintings of the T'ang, Sung and Yuan dynasties A.D. 600-1400. New York: Goerck Art Press, 1914. See: No. 11 |
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