Landscape Artist: Xie Shichen (Chinese, 1487–after 1567)

Medium

Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper

Dimensions

without mounting: 7 1/2 × 20 1/4 in. (19 × 51.5 cm)
with mounting: 23 1/4 × 24 1/8 in. (59 × 61.3 cm)
framed: 26 3/4 × 28 1/4 in. (68 × 71.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of H. Christopher Luce, B.A. 1972

Accession Number

1986.141.3

Geography
Culture
Period

Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

Sale Sotheby's December 4, 1986 lot #34; sold to H. Christopher Luce, New York, 1986; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.,1986
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Additional information

Object/Work type

fan, landscapes (representations)

Subject

trees

Signed

Xie Shichen

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