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Jin Liying [Chin Li-ying] writes on her image of delicately rendered orchids that she has difficulty painting this subject, because her mind is consumed by the princely fragrance of the brushwork of the famous Ming-dynasty artist Tang Yin [T'ang Yin] (1470-1523).

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Document identity
localId
13418
label
Orchids
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
13418
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Orchids
description
Jin Liying [Chin Li-ying] writes on her image of delicately rendered orchids that she has difficulty painting this subject, because her mind is consumed by the princely fragrance of the brushwork of the famous Ming-dynasty artist Tang Yin [T'ang Yin] (1470-1523).
provenance
Laurance and Isabel Roberts, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by gift.
date
late 18th-early 19th century (Qing)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
scroll paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
200
height
66.8
dimensionsRaw
H with mounting: 78 3/4 x W: 26 5/16 in. (200 x 66.8 cm); Painting only H: 41 5/16 x W: 23 1/4 in. (105 x 59.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
inscriptions
[Inscription] 岂?泉?伍當為王者香;
dynasty
Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty
med
ink on paper
creator_ids
5687
collection_ids
CHN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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