Harvard Art Museums > 1923.156: Ten Thousand Bamboo in Mist and Rain Paintings with Calligraphy Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Ten Thousand Bamboo in Mist and Rain (Jin Wenjin (Jin Jin) 金文璡 (金璡)) , 1923.156,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/206576. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1923.156 People Jin Wenjin (Jin Jin) 金文璡 (金璡), Chinese (active 1400 - 1450) Title Ten Thousand Bamboo in Mist and Rain Classification Paintings with Calligraphy Work Type painting with calligraphy, handscroll Date 1438 Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/206576 Physical Descriptions Medium Handscroll; ink on paper; with artist inscription and signature reading "Jin Jin Yanhui Xie"; multiple colophons Dimensions painting proper: H. 33.3 x W. (total) 884.2 cm (13 1/8 x 348 1/8 in.) mounting: H. 35.2 cm (13 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: artist's inscription and signature; 49 seals 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 1923.156 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Because it retains its leaves year round, even during the cold winter season, the bamboo symbolizes strength in the face of adversity; paired with the pine and plum, it is regarded as one of the "Three Friends of Winter." Confucians, in particular, see the bamboo as an appropriate symbol of the cultured gentleman, and hence, it became a popular subject of scholar-amateur painting. This long handscroll depicts a species of bamboo noteworthy for its slender stalks and leaves. Growing on the bank of a river, the bamboo are enveloped by heavy mists that virtually obscure the plants in the background. The artist, Jin Yanhui, specialized in paintings of ink bamboo and was particularly fond of depicting slender bamboo. Thirteen inscriptions by scholars and officials, some of whom were his contemporaries, are written on the painting. The artist's own dated inscription appears at the end of the scroll. Publication History Sherman E. Lee, Chinese Landscape Painting, exh. cat., Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH, 1954), cat. no. 28, pp. 61 and 148, repr. (det) p. 61, fig. 28 Exhibition History Chinese Painting and Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/17/1991 - 01/26/1992 Transformations: Asia East and West, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/19/1992 - 02/14/1993 Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/03/1995 - 06/09/1996 Plum, Orchid, Chrysanthemum, and Bamboo: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/06/2002 - 01/05/2003 A Compelling Legacy: Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/24/2004 - 03/20/2005 Cultivating Virtue: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/08/2006 - 04/08/2007 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/04/2015 - 11/29/2015 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
