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Source Description
This is a copy of--or a variation upon--one of the most famous of all Chinese handscrolls, a depiction of life along the Yellow River in the Song-dynasty capital of Kaifeng, painted in 1120. During the time of the Qingming festival, which occurs in late March or early April, people visit their family graves. The painter Qiu Ying (1494-1552) made a copy of the original scroll, and a number of later versions bear his name.Spurious signature of Qiu Ying.
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Document identity
localId
5434
label
The Qingming [Ch'ing-ming] Festival
core
obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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9
Source metadata
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5434
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Qingming [Ch'ing-ming] Festival
description
This is a copy of--or a variation upon--one of the most famous of all Chinese handscrolls, a depiction of life along the Yellow River in the Song-dynasty capital of Kaifeng, painted in 1120. During the time of the Qingming festival, which occurs in late March or early April, people visit their family graves. The painter Qiu Ying (1494-1552) made a copy of the original scroll, and a number of later versions bear his name.Spurious signature of Qiu Ying.
provenance
Laurance and Isabel Roberts, New York, 1939, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1991, by gift.
date
18th century (Qing)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
emakimono
handscrolls
imageCount
9
pageCount
9
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
647.8
height
32.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 255 1/16 x W: 12 15/16 in. (647.8 x 32.8 cm); Paper H: 11 1/2 x L: 47 3/8 in. (29.2 x 120.3 cm); Text H: 12 1/16 x L: 19 3/8 in. (30.6 x 49.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
inscriptions
[Inscription] 清明上河圖 丙戌春三月榢翁題; [Signature] Spurious signature at end: Wu meng Qiu Ying zhi [Wu meng Ch'iu Ying chih] (Qiu Ying [Ch'iu Ying]
1494/1495-1552); [Seal] Spurious seal at end: Qiu Ying_yin [Ch'iu Ying_yin]; [Inscription] Frontispiece
in clerical script
by Chia Ong (unidentified)
dated 3rd month
bingxu [ping hsu] (1945 (?)); [Inscription] Colophon
author unidentified.
dynasty
Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty
med
ink and colors on silk and gold-splashed paper
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6238
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CHN
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none
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