Deep Snow over Streams and Mountains

After: Wen Zhengming (1470–1559)

late 18th–early 19th century

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper, now framed

Dimensions

framed: 55 5/16 × 20 1/4 in. (140.49 × 51.44 cm)
unframed: 39 7/8 × 10 3/16 in. (101.28 × 25.88 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Mary Griggs Burke in memory of her father, Theodore Wright Griggs, B.A. 1895

Accession Number

2014.104.4

Geography

Associated place: China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Mi Chou Gallery, New York; sold to Mary Griggs Burke (1916–2012), New York; bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2014
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2015," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2015), 24
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

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Subject

Inscriptions

attributed inscription dated to 1546: During snow in the bingwu year [1546] a friend visited me at my Jade-chime Mountain House (Yuqing shanfang). Because we reminisced aout the beautiful scenery of streams and paviliions in former years I did this to record our meeting. Recorded by Zhengming.

Signed

Recorded by Zhengming

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