1978.90: Travelling in the Mountains of Shu (Szechwan)
Paintings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1978.90
- People
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Fang Shishu 方士庶, Chinese (1692 - 1751)
- Title
- Travelling in the Mountains of Shu (Szechwan)
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Shu shan xing lü tu [Shu shan hsing lü t'u]
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting, fan
- Date
- dated to 1737
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/201850
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and light color on mica-coated paper; with artist's inscription, signature, and seals
- Dimensions
- painting proper max.: H. 22.2 x W. 49.8 cm (8 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: Xin'an Fang Shishu
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Asian Art Objects Fund
- Accession Year
- 1978
- Object Number
- 1978.90
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- The painting represents a panoramic vista of a mountainous Sichuan landscape. At the right a gentleman flanked by two attendants studies the landscape from a small bridge. A mountain with pine trees and architectural villas rises in the center of the composition. Trees dominate the left foreground; mountains, partially obscured by clouds and mist, rise in the left middle- and backgrounds.
Exhibition History
- Art of the Fan: China, Korea, Japan, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/15/1995 - 10/08/1995
- Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/25/2000 - 08/26/2001
- Re-View: S228-230 (Asian rotation: 4), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/07/2010 - 11/09/2010
Verification Level
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