Geese on a Riverbank

Arts of Asia

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1750

Shen Kai (Chinese, active mid-18th century)

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Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Shen Kai
Title: Geese on a Riverbank
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.: 1750
Medium: Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
Inscriptions: 庚午夏日法北宋人筆意苕南沈楷 On a summer day in the Gengwu year, imitating the Northern Song painterly idea, Shaonan Shen Kai
Dimensions: 77 × 96 cm (30 1/4 × 37 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Avery Brundage Fund
Reference Number: 2011.283
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Inscriptions on the painting’s wood box, one painted on the lid, the other written on a front sticker, name two Japanese collectors:
Lid: “Painted by Shen Kai, ‘Pair of Geese Beneath Willows.’ I obtained this in Tianjin, China, during the year 1910 of the Meiji era. Ryuho Sanjin [Mountain Man of Dragon Peak].”
Front: “Pair of Geese beneath Willows,” with the collector given as Obata Jun’ichi.

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