Object Title | 夏禹治水圖: Yu Subduing the Deluge |
Object Number | C154 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Creator | Ma Wen-pi |
Period | Ming Dynasty |
Date Made | Early Ming Dynasty |
Section | Asian |
Iconography | Yu Subduing the Deluge |
Inscription Language | Chinese Language | Chinese Language | Chinese Language |
Description | Large format painting by an unknown artist of Early Ming Dynasty. Calligraphy by Ma Wan 马琬 (1271-1368 CE) also known as Ma Wenbi 馬文璧. Four seals (two at the bottom and two at the top). Title reads: 夏禹治水圖: "Yu of the Xia subduing the deluge". The inscription at the top is on a seperate piece of silk from the painting which dates to 1357 CE. There is an inscription at the bottom on a rock that reads: 中和二年八月支仲元筆 (2nd year of Zhonghe reign period, eighth moon. The brush of Zhi Zhongyuan). The seal that is under the inscription is illegibile. |
Height | 325.12 cm |
Width | 175.9 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Grace Nicholson, 1916 |
Other Number | Getz 50 - Other Number |
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