The Small Cloud Dwelling / Lu Hui
About this Item
Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1981/1.308
- Title
- The Small Cloud Dwelling
- Artist
- Lu Hui
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1851-1920
- Medium and Support
- Handscroll, ink and color on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1909
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Jiangsu (province)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Jiangsu (province)
- Inscription
- Long inscription of artist at the end of the painting, titled: Dwelling Place of Small Clouds (Hsiao-yün hsi-t'u); Two artist's seals following his inscription: Lu Hui ssu-yin, Lien-fu; Frontispiece calligraphy by Chêng Hsiao-hsü (an artist, ca. 1860-1938)
- Dimensions
- 25.7 cm x 149.1 cm (10 1/8 in. x 58 11/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hand scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- The piece includes a large title section, landscape image of the garden,
- two seals of the artist, and a portion of calligraphic text.
- The text reads: "The Small Cloud Dwelling occupies a corner of Mr. Dingfu's Green Surrounded Mountain Villa in Nanxun. His respected wife, Lady Pang, used to meditate and chant sutras there… In the 8th month, fall of 1909, Lu Hui completed this painting …"
- Subject Matter
- This handscroll was commissioned by a wealthy Shanghai patron to memorialize his mother, a devout Buddhist, who meditated at “The Small Cloud Dwelling.” The tranquility of the breathtaking scenery transcends the chaotic material world, making this scroll a moving expression of the deep feelings of a bereaved son. It includes a large title section, landscape image of the gargen, and a portion of calligraphic text.
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- dwellings
- houses
- houses by form
- image-making processes and techniques
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- residential structures
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- writing (processes)
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 1981/1.308
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1981-sl-1.308/1981_1.308.jpg
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"The Small Cloud Dwelling; ; Lu Hui." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1981-sl-1.308/1981_1.308.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
