A Poem on Falling Flowers in Running Script (xingshu)

Artist: Lu Zhi (Chinese, 1495–1576)

Medium

Fan mounted as an album leaf, ink on gold paper

Dimensions

without mounting: 7 1/16 × 20 1/4 in. (18 × 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

1986.141.7

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

calligraphy

Inscriptions

代謝年年稱物情,何愁風雨復傷春。魚吹浪暖有余樂,燕補巢香不厭貧。滿地殘紅堆錦繡,一簾飛絮暗風塵。綠陰黃鳥啼清晝,葉底徐看子養仁。右詠落花一首,書為龍門先生,魯治。\r\n(鈐印看不清,或為“魯治”。)\r\n\r\nTranslation:\r\nSince replacing is the yearly way for things, there's no need to worry for the rain and to shed sorrow on the spring. The fish still rejoices in the warm waves, and swallows filling their fragrant nests don't despise their poverty. There is a piled brocade in the fallen petals, and wind and dust hide in the flying tresses of willow seed. A clear painting surfaces from the green shades and yellow birds, and under the leaves I slowly watch the gentle childs. One poem dedicated to the fallen flowers, written for the painting of Mr. Longmen, by Lu Zhi.

Signed

Lu Zhi, 3 seals

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