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Source Description
Inscribed in the upper right corner of this painting is a line taken from a poem by the 9th-century classical Chinese writer Zhang Hu. From the poem "Keeping the Temple in Hangzhou," the painter of this landscape wrote:"A long drought in the mountains, no moisture from the overcast clouds"He follows this with the date "Summer, 5th month, 1610" and the name "Sheng Maoye." This is likely a copy of a work by Sheng Maoye done on the theme of Zhang's poem and may have been painted during the 18th century.
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Document identity
localId
31844
label
Hangzhou Landscape
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
31844
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Hangzhou Landscape
description
Inscribed in the upper right corner of this painting is a line taken from a poem by the 9th-century classical Chinese writer Zhang Hu. From the poem "Keeping the Temple in Hangzhou," the painter of this landscape wrote:"A long drought in the mountains, no moisture from the overcast clouds"He follows this with the date "Summer, 5th month, 1610" and the name "Sheng Maoye." This is likely a copy of a work by Sheng Maoye done on the theme of Zhang's poem and may have been painted during the 18th century.
provenance
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, China Pavilion, San Francisco, 1915 [no. 126]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
18th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
kakemono
scroll paintings
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
107.3
height
52.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 42 1/4 x W: 20 13/16 in. (107.3 x 52.8 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Spurious signature of Sheng Maoye (1594-1640); [Inscription] 不雨山長潤無雲水自陰庚辰夏五月寫 盛茂燁; [Translation] Upper right corner: A long drought in the mountains
no moisture from the overcast clouds; [Date] Upper right corner: Summer
5th month
1610; [Seal] At top
dynasty
Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty
med
ink and color on silk mounted on paper
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6238
17957
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CHN
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none
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