Flowering Crab Apple
1500
Shen Zhou
Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509)
Chinese Art
Flowering Crab Apple, 1500. Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; painting: 87 x 28.5 cm (34 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.); overall with knobs: 238.5 x 52.5 cm (93 7/8 x 20 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1997.101 Shen Zhou painted this is an informal and rapidly done presentation picture when he was 74 years old.
- Maker/Artist
- Shen Zhou
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: 87 x 28.5 cm (34 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 238.5 x 52.5 cm (93 7/8 x 20 11/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 粧[粉]合胭脂作曉粧，富於顔色吝於香。 東風不肯全分付，相對梅花各斷腸。 弘治庚申春日, 在雙蛾僧舍見海棠盛開, 適值陸汝器在坐索圖, 此繪以寄興。 長洲沈周 [印]啟南; 石田; 白石翁 Translation: Artist's inscription, signature, and 3 seals: White powder and rouge make a perfect morning appearance. [The flowers] are rich in color but restrained in fragrance. The east wind is reluctant to aid its full growth. Compared to the plum blossoms, each carries its own sad tune. On a spring day in the gengshen year of the Hongzhi era [1500], I was at Shuang’e [twin-moth] monks' residence where crab apples are blooming abundantly. Mr. Lu Ruqi was also visiting then, and asked for a painting of mine, so I painted this to express my feelings. Shen Zhou of Changzhou [seal] Qi nan. [2 seals, lower left corner] Shi tian; Bai shi weng. Inscription: 1 additional seal of Wu Yun 吳雲 (1811-1883).
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1997.101
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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