Man with Staff by a Stream

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Hua Yan

Title

Man with Staff by a Stream

Place

China (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1746

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

Inscriptions

Artist’s inscription: Light mist swept clear morning mountain, Cold and chilly, half of the autumn already passed. I am in the west of the Jian [Hangzhou?], herd about the turmoil in the north. Amidst the sound of stream, there is bird’s lonely song. In the winter, twelfth month of the bingyin year (1746), Xinluoshanven painted and wrote at Tietaoguan. (Eun-wha Park, 1989) seals Youxin ruwei; relief, square. Hua Yan; intaglio, square. Qiuyue; intaglio, square. (Eun-wha Park, 1989) -- Two seals by the artist. Right bottom-one seal by the artist. Left bottom one seal by a famous collector of the 19th century. Ho Yen. One seal by Chai Le Tang.

Dimensions

149.9 × 54.7 cm (59 × 21 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation

Reference Number

1967.576

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