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Source Description
This is the countryside as it ought to be: at lower right a man sits on the riverbank grasping a fish, his sandals beside him; in the distance, boys ride water buffalo. Best of all would be to live the life of one of the leisured scholars in the elaborate pavilion, sitting at a desk or enjoying a meal.Spurious signature of Hsieh H'üan.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
18607
label
Mountain Landscape
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
18607
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Mountain Landscape
description
This is the countryside as it ought to be: at lower right a man sits on the riverbank grasping a fish, his sandals beside him; in the distance, boys ride water buffalo. Best of all would be to live the life of one of the leisured scholars in the elaborate pavilion, sitting at a desk or enjoying a meal.Spurious signature of Hsieh H'üan.
provenance
Panama Pacific International Exposition, China Pavilion, San Francisco, 1915 [no. 7]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
17th century (Ming or Qing)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
kakemono
scroll paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
159.4
height
91.1
dimensionsRaw
L: 62 3/4 x W: 35 7/8 in. (159.4 x 91.1 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Inscription] lower left; [Seal] lower left; [Seal] lower right
dynasty
Ming [Ming]-Qing [Ch'ing Dynasty
med
ink and color on silk mounted on paper
creator_ids
2320
6238
collection_ids
CHN
exhibition_ids
2514
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
205adf35b8ac10dd