Tao Yuanming Prepares Tea Yale University Art Gallery

1838, Year of the Dog

Medium: Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, ivory rollers
Dimensions: without mounting: 40 3/4 × 16 1/2 in. (103.5 × 41.9 cm)
with mounting: 75 × 22 1/4 in. (190.5 × 56.5 cm)
with rollers: 24 3/8 in. (61.9 cm)
Credit Line: Robert W. Lyons, M.D. 1964, Collection, Gift of Virginia Riggs Lyons
Accession Number: 2024.48.271
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: Paintings
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Provenance

Joan B. Mirviss (dealer), New York, by July 1995; sold to Dr. Robert W. Lyons (1937–2021), Suffield, Conn., July 10, 1995; by inheritance to his wife, Dr. Virginia Riggs Lyons, Suffield, Conn., 2021; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2024

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Marks

Seal：Seishō no in ; Chikutō jisaku 成昌之印竹洞自作

Inscriptions

Inscription： Painted at Grassy Hut in the Eastern Hill, Autumn Year of the Dog 戊戌之秋寫於東山草堂\r\n

Signed

Signed：Chūtan冲澹

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