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Source Description
The young Ren Bonian (Ren Yi) has contributed to this album a leaf with mannered brushwork and eccentric composition. Ren Bonian (Ren Yi) was later the most famous artist in Shanghai, known for both his paintings and his dissolute habits. For this album of sixteen leaves, a collector named Xu Hongting gathered sixteen paintings from leading Shanghai painters of the 1860s.The facing text was written by Pan Kung-ming, a well-known Shanghai calligrapher, and dedicated to Mr. Xu Hongting. Pan Kung-ming has transcribed a part of the Han-dynasty Ode on the Wise Emperor Having Righteous Officials. "When a mediocre man rides a bad horse, he hurts the horse's mouth." The horse won't move. In the case of a famous horse and a famous charioteer, however, "one passes capitals and states so fast, it's as if one were standing still."
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Document identity
localId
16644
label
Bird on Maple Branch with Morning Glories
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
16644
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Bird on Maple Branch with Morning Glories
description
The young Ren Bonian (Ren Yi) has contributed to this album a leaf with mannered brushwork and eccentric composition. Ren Bonian (Ren Yi) was later the most famous artist in Shanghai, known for both his paintings and his dissolute habits. For this album of sixteen leaves, a collector named Xu Hongting gathered sixteen paintings from leading Shanghai painters of the 1860s.The facing text was written by Pan Kung-ming, a well-known Shanghai calligrapher, and dedicated to Mr. Xu Hongting. Pan Kung-ming has transcribed a part of the Han-dynasty Ode on the Wise Emperor Having Righteous Officials. "When a mediocre man rides a bad horse, he hurts the horse's mouth." The horse won't move. In the case of a famous horse and a famous charioteer, however, "one passes capitals and states so fast, it's as if one were standing still."
provenance
Xu Hongting [Hsü Hung-t'ing] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Liu Song-bu [Liu Sung-pu], Shanghai [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, China Pavilion, 1915 [no. 285]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1870 (Qing)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
folios (leaves)
albums
paintings
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
38.9
height
38.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 15 5/16 x W: 15 1/8 in. (38.9 x 38.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
dynasty
Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty
med
ink and colors on paper mounted on cloth
creator_ids
5002
collection_ids
CHN
exhibition_ids
3059
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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