Brewing Tea under Pines by a Stream / Zhou Chen (Chou Ch'en) / Attributed to
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- Accession Number
- 1963/2.3
- Title
- Brewing Tea under Pines by a Stream
- Artist
- Zhou Chen (Chou Ch'en)
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1515-1535
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- Object Creation Date
- mid 16th century - late 16th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Jiangsu (province)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Jiangsu (province)
- Style/Group/Movement
- hanging scroll
- Inscription
- Inscription of artist: Tung-ts'un Chou Ch'ên; Seals of artist at lower right: Tung-ts'un Chou Ch'ên, Tung-ts'un; Additional Inscription and Seals: Chung Wên-ming (K'ang-hsi era, calligrapher from Sung-chiang, Kiangsu): Lang-an shen-ting (seal); Unidentified: (label) ?
- Dimensions
- 119.2 cm x 62.4 cm (46 15/16 in. x 24 9/16 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Vertically oriented. Ink on silk with silk edging. Three figures at a stream in a wooded area.
- Subject Matter
- The two gentlemen seated beneath the tall pines are the famous Tang dynasty (618–907) tea connoisseur Lu Yu (? – 804) and his guest relaxing on lush grass under pine trees. Nearby, a young attendant dips a jug into the clear stream to fetch water for brewing tea. The environment depicted in this painting—the distant mountains, beautiful trees, green, soft grass, and a surging creek—altogether offers the viewer a sense of utopia.
- This painting, attributed to the professional painter Zhou Chen of Suzhou, elegantly illustrates the popularity of tea drinking in sixteenth-century China. This painting is like an allusion to a poem on tea drinking by Xu Chao (? – 1211), a Southern Sung dynasty (1127–1278) poet:
- Sweeping the ground and relaxing in the cool cleaning, the sun shines gently through the pines.
- In order to abate my fatigue, tea is brewed from the fresh water in the rocky spring.
- Primary Keywords
- figures (illustrations)
- hanging scrolls
- hills
- landscapes (environments)
- painting
- pine trees
- streams
- teapots
- trees
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- upward
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- evergreens
- illustrations
- illustrations by form
- images and ornament
- information form components
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- layout features
- making art
- medium
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- riverine bodies
- scrolls
- settlements and landscapes
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- vessels for serving drinks
- woody plants
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 965 x 1477
- File Size
- 158 KB
- Record
- 1963/2.3
- Link to this Item
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"Brewing Tea under Pines by a Stream; Zhou Chen (Chou Ch'en); Attributed to." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1963-sl-2.3/1963_2.3.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
