Travellers Among Mountains
Painting
ca. 1450-1535 (made)
ca. 1450-1535 (made)
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Unlike the works in his typical style, this painting by Zhou Chen (c.1450 - 1535) employs bolder and looser brushwork, suggesting that it was made by this Suzhou artist in his late years. The sketchy strokes depict a man on horseback accompanied by his assistants, travelling on a precipitous mountain path. The artist's signature and seal can be seen (and almost hidden) on the far right. Originally painted on the gold-sprinkled paper of a folding-fan (a new format for painting at the time), the work later was mounted as an album leaf. The twin seals on the lower left corner indicate that the painting was once collected by a certain 'Shiduan,' a liberary name of a person.
Object details
Object type | |
Title | Travellers Among Mountains (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | |
Brief description | Pap, China, paintings and drawings. Zhou Chen (active ca. 1450-1535), Travelers among Mountains, fan, ink on paper. |
Physical description | This painting, originally in the format of a folding-fan, is mounted as an album leaf. It is made in pure ink on gold-sprinkled paper. It depicts a group of people travelling in deep mountains and its style is characteristic of use of bold, simple and strong strokes. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 畫家款: 東村周臣
畫家印: (待識)
藏家印: 士 (朱方), 端 (朱方) |
Subjects depicted | |
Summary | Unlike the works in his typical style, this painting by Zhou Chen (c.1450 - 1535) employs bolder and looser brushwork, suggesting that it was made by this Suzhou artist in his late years. The sketchy strokes depict a man on horseback accompanied by his assistants, travelling on a precipitous mountain path. The artist's signature and seal can be seen (and almost hidden) on the far right. Originally painted on the gold-sprinkled paper of a folding-fan (a new format for painting at the time), the work later was mounted as an album leaf. The twin seals on the lower left corner indicate that the painting was once collected by a certain 'Shiduan,' a liberary name of a person. |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.355-1956 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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