Landscape Artist, attributed to: Wang Chong (Chinese, 1494–1533)

late 18th–early 19th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

Dimensions

with mounting: 102 1/2 × 22 5/16 in. (260.35 × 56.67 cm)
without mounting: 62 1/2 × 15 1/4 in. (158.75 × 38.74 cm)
with rollers: 25 1/4 in. (64.14 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of William A. Lanford in memory of his mother, Caroline Sherman Lanford, Ph.D. 1935

Accession Number

2012.104.1

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Classification

Paintings

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Provenance
Purchased by W. Lanford in the 1960s from Parke-Bernet or Art/Antiques gallery in Rochester, NY.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

hanging scrolls, landscapes (representations)

Subject

cliffs

Inscriptions

Inscriptions on mounting: right, Gai Qi (1744-1829) with a Jiaqing date corresponding to1795 one year too early for the Jiaqing period; left, inscription by Lin Zexu (1785-1850) dated to Daoguang period, Mid Autumn Festival, but without a cyclical date. Both appear to be by the same hand.

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