Scholar Playing a Qin 弹琴折扇

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Arts of Asia

1632

Cheng Jiasui (Chinese, 1565–1643)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Cheng Jiasui
Title: Scholar Playing a Qin 弹琴折扇
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.: 1632
Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold-flecked paper
Inscriptions: Inscription and seal (Meng-yang, zi) at upper left
Dimensions: Upper width between top corners: W.: 51 cm (20 1/8 in.); Width between lower corners: W.: 22.3 cm (8 13/16 in.); Rib: H.: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.); Mat size: 40.7 × 63.5 cm (16 × 25 in.)
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Nickerson Endowment Fund
Reference Number: 1941.1031
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Stephen Little, “Chinese Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago,” Arts of Asia, vol. 29, no. 3 (1999): 55, fig. 15.
Jonathan Chaves, The Chinese Painter as Poet [Exh. cat.] (New York: China Institute, 2000): no. 17.

SOD 1298: China Institute, New York, NY for exhibition: “The Chinese Painter as Poet” from 9/14/2000 - 12/17/2000.

Ton Ying and Company, New York

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