Yellow Chrysanthemums and Red Osmanthus in the Style of Wang Yuan
1468
Shen Zhou
Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509)
Chinese Art
Yellow Chrysanthemums and Red Osmanthus in the Style of Wang Yuan, 1468. Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; overall: 397.1 x 127.4 cm (156 5/16 x 50 3/16 in.); painting only: 288.5 x 106.3 cm (113 9/16 x 41 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1997.100
- Maker/Artist
- Shen Zhou
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 397.1 x 127.4 cm (156 5/16 x 50 3/16 in.); Painting only: 288.5 x 106.3 cm (113 9/16 x 41 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Artist's inscription, signature, and 2 seals at upper right: Beneath the fence yellow [chrysanthemum] flowers brave the rain to blossom;/ Still others lean on the red osmanthus tree and dazzle the deep green moss./ With a goblet [of wine] I face them, entirely without concern;/ Who will answer the knocking at the gate where a guest has arrived? In the ninth month of the fourth year of the Chenghua era [1468], I followed the brush-conception of Wang Danxuan 王澹軒 [Wang Yuan 王淵] at the Youzhuzhuang 有竹庄 [House with Bamboo]. Inscribed and [painted] by Shen Zhou 沈周 of Changzhou 長洲. [seals] Shitian 石田; Shen shi Qinan 沈氏启南. trans. HR Inscription: 1 additional inscription, dated 1523, and 2 seals of Wang Chong 王寵 (1494-1533).
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1997.100
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Exhibitions
- Inspired by Chinese Landscape and Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c, <em>Great Chinese painters of the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties, XV to XVIII: [a loan exhibition] for the benefit of the Asia Institute. </em>Wildenstein Galleries, New York, NY (March 11-April 2, 1949)., <em>Mostra D'arte Cinese</em>. Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy (1954)., <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</em>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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