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Source Description
Inscribed by Zha Shibiao: Rising in the morning to view the mountains And the water half hidden by mist, The secluded man has no mundane cares; A fishing boat is his floating home.The artist signed with the name "Old Man of Plum Valley." Zha Shibiao was himself a "secluded man," for his political loyalties were to the former Ming Dynasty, replaced by the Qing [Ch'ing] in 1643.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
34305
label
Mountains at Dawn
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
34305
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Mountains at Dawn
description
Inscribed by Zha Shibiao: Rising in the morning to view the mountains And the water half hidden by mist, The secluded man has no mundane cares; A fishing boat is his floating home.The artist signed with the name "Old Man of Plum Valley." Zha Shibiao was himself a "secluded man," for his political loyalties were to the former Ming Dynasty, replaced by the Qing [Ch'ing] in 1643.
provenance
Fine Chinese Paintings, Calligraphy and Rubbings Sale (8474), Christie's, New York, September 18, 1996, lot no. 179; Walters Art Museum, 1996, by purchase.
date
ca. 1687
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
albums (books)
folios (leaves)
paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
38
height
27.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 15/16 x W: 10 13/16 in. (38 x 27.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
inscriptions
[Translation] Rising in the morning to watch the mountain view
Water body is half hidden (by mist)
The secluded man has not mundane affair (to care)
The fishing boat is (his) floating home
Mei-ho Lao-jen (Old Man of Plum Valley); [Seal] Ch'a Shih-piao; [Signature] Shih-piao
dynasty
Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty
RelatedObjects
20734
16831
med
ink on paper
creator_ids
6924
collection_ids
CHN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
d61547136436e857