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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1923.152
People
Traditionally attributed to Ren Renfa 任仁發, Chinese (1254 - 1327)
Title
The Imperial Steeds
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, handscroll
Date
ca. 16th-17th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206575

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on silk with spurious signature reading "Yueshan daoren"
Dimensions
H. 28.4 x W. 175.6 cm (11 3/16 x 69 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Signed with a 17-character inscription that translates: "In the spring of the Chia-yin year of the Yen-yu era, Yüeh-shan tao-jen painted the heavenly steeds at the K'o-shih-t'ang".Two seals of the artist, 10 collectors' seals:(beginning of scroll; upper right:) Shih-ch'u pao-chi (Ch'ing Imperial Collection);(second from top:) Yang-hsin-tien chien-ch'ang-pao(two bottom seals) Ling-chih; Shih-ku-t'ang shu-hua (seals of Pien Yung-yu, 1645-1702)(two seals along the scroll) Chia-ch'ing; Ch'ien-lung(end of scroll; two seals at right of inscription:) Hsien-k'e; Shih-ku-t'ang shu-hua(two seals following the inscription:) Jen-shih tzu-ming; Yüeh-shan tao-jen [spurious seals of Jen Jen-fa](final seals beyond silk mounting:) two seals of Prince Kung.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
A 10-025 (Suzuki Kei)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Edward B. Bruce Collection of Chinese Paintings, Gift of Galen L. Stone
Accession Year
1923
Object Number
1923.152
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Suzuki Kei, Chugoku kaiga sogo zuroku, Amerika Kanada hen (Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings, Volume 1: American and Canadian Collections), University of Tokyo Press (Tokyo, Japan, 1982), p. 56, no. A 10-025
  • Hou-mei Sung, Decoded Messages: the Symbolic Language of Chinese Animal Painting, exh. cat., Yale University Press (U.S.) and Cincinnati Art Museum (New Haven, CT; Cincinnati, Ohio, 2009), pp. 201-202, cat. no. 68

Exhibition History

  • Art in East and West, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 02/04/1955 - 02/28/1955
  • Decoded Messages: The Symbolic Language of Chinese Animal Painting, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 10/09/2009 - 01/03/2010

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