Watching the Waterfall 高士觀瀑圖

Arts of Asia

Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th century

Xia Kui 夏葵 (Chinese, 15th century)

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Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Xia Kui
Title: Watching the Waterfall 高士觀瀑圖
Place: China (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1368–1644
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on silk
Inscriptions: Insription: Painted by Xia Kui of Qiantang 錢塘夏葵寫. Seals of the artist: 夏氏廷暉, intaglio, square.
Dimensions: 195.6 × 101.6 cm (77 × 30 in.)
Credit Line: R. A. Waller Fund
Reference Number: 1924.1046
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Barnhart, Richard, et al., Painters of the Great Ming: The Imperial Court and the Zhe School [Exh. cat.] (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1993), no. 26b.
Kelley, Charles F., “Three Chinese Paintings,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, vol. 19, no. 1 (March, 1925) [not illustrated].
Pearlstein, Elinor, “The Chinese Collection at The Art Institute of Chicago: Foundations of Scholarly Taste,” Orientations (June 1993), pp. 36-47, fig. 27.
Siren, Osvald, Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. 7 vols. London: Lund Humphries, 1956-58, vol. 7, p. 187 (listed).

Richard Barnhart, et al., Painters of the Great Ming: The Imperial Court and the Zhe School [Exh. cat.] (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1993), no. 26b.

Hayassaki Collection, Japan

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