Pavilion of Eight Poems

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Arts of Asia

Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1538

Chen Chun (Chen Daofu)
Chinese, 1483-1544

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Chen Chun
Title: Pavilion of Eight Poems
Place: China (Artist's nationality)
Date: 1368–1644
Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper
Inscriptions: On painting: Two seals in lower right corner: 1. Four characters - Examined and approved by Modest Studio (seal of Pang Lai-chen). 2. Six characters - Collected and approved by Lai Chen, a Genuine Work (seal of Pang Lai-chen). Three seals in lower left corner: 1. Three characters - Fu-fu Shih (seal of the painter). 2. Four characters - Pai-yang-shan-jen (seal of the painter). 3. Six characters - Family possession of Mei An Lin Shih (seal of a collector). At end of colophon on separate paper: "Written and signed by Ch'en Tao-fu, in my country house, on the 16th day of the 5th month in the year Wu Hsueh (A.D. 1538)." Under the signature are three seals: 1. Three characters - Fu-fu Shih. 2. Four characters - Pai-yang-shan-jen. 3. Four characters - Ch'en Shih Tao-fu. (All seals of the painter). At the lower right corner of the poems is a seal in four characters---Modest Studio's Luck in Ink. Two Seals follow the calligraphy in the lower left corner of the paper.
Dimensions: Painting: 25.4 × 122 cm (10 × 48 in.); Calligraphy: 25.4 × 419.1 cm (10 × 165 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund
Reference Number: 1944.600
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Paul L. Grigaut, E.P. Richardson, The Arts of the Ming Dynasty (The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1952), No. 34, p. 13.
Kelley, Charles F., “A Flowering Lotus Scroll of the Ming Dynasty,” The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly, November, 1956, p. 67.
Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings: Vol. 1 American and Canadian Collections, compiled by Kei Suzuki , by University of Tokyo Press, 1982; page I-32,33，No. A 3–010.

Detroit Institute of Arts, The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, 1952

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