Blue-and-green landscape handscroll / Tao Cheng (T'ao Ch'eng)
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1978/1.163
- Title
- Blue-and-green landscape handscroll
- Artist
- Tao Cheng (T'ao Ch'eng)
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1450-1500
- Medium and Support
- handscroll, ink and color on silk
- Object Creation Date
- 1470
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Inscription
- Inscription of artist: T'ao Ch'eng painted in the third month of 1470 (Ch'eng-hua Keng-yin san-yüeh T'ao Ch'eng). Seal of artist: Meng-hsüeh. Additional inscriptions and seals: Ch'ien-lung emperor (r. 1736-1795): (seal) Ch'ien-lung yü-lan chih-pao. Wu K'o-hsieh (act. Ch'ien-lung period 1736-1795, from Ch'ung-te, Chekiang): (seal) K'uei-an. Unidentified: Label: Ming T'ao Mao-hsüeh Ch'ing-lü shan-shui chüan. Ling-fen-lou ts'ang. Seals: Lin Ch'an ssu-yin, T'ien-yü lou, Ming-niao ch'i-lao-wu, Chien-k'ou mo-t'an jen-tuan...(quotation seal), Feng-yü t'ing-yün lou chen-ts'ang, Ta....
- Dimensions
- 30.4 cm x 351.8 cm (11 15/16 in. x 138 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 15th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hand scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Among the rolling green mountains, figures in this scroll go about their lives, leading cattle to drink along the riverside and dangling fishing lines over the edge of small boats in hopes of catching something for dinner. Highlights of red pigment add brilliance to a grove of trees near the middle of the scroll. The detail work in the trees is spectacular, with twisted and knotted trunks that seem to refuse to stand upright, but bend against gravity, in some cases revealing networks of tangled roots.
- Subject Matter
- The luminous greens and blues in this handscroll are derived from mineral and azurite pigments, adding to the overall shine and radiance of the work. Blue-and-green landscape technique was typically orchestrated by court painters, and this scroll includes a red oval-shaped seal indicating that it was a part of the collection of Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795).
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by location
- physical activities by specific context
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- water activities
- woody plants
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 1978/1.163
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1978-sl-1.163/1978_1.163.jpg
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"Blue-and-green landscape handscroll; Tao Cheng (T'ao Ch'eng)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1978-sl-1.163/1978_1.163.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
