夏禹治水圖: Yu Subduing the Deluge

C154

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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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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