Day Lily, one of a pair of album leaves / Jin Nong (Chin Nung)
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- Accession Number
- 1996/2.29
- Title
- Day Lily, one of a pair of album leaves
- Artist
- Jin Nong (Chin Nung)
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1687 - 1764
- Medium and Support
- album leaf, ink and color on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1754-1756
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Jiangsu (province)
- Yangzhou
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Jiangsu (province)
- Creation Place 4
- Yangzhou
- Dimensions
- 28.9 cm x 31.1 cm (11 3/8 in. x 12 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- album leaf
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- bird and flower
- Physical Description
- Ink on paper. Foliage and calligraphy.
- Subject Matter
- One of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, a group of highly individualistic artists active in the prosperous metropolis of Yangzhou, Jin Nong began his artistic career as a calligrapher, but at the age of sixty his painting talent finally blossomed. He mastered many subjects, including bamboo, vegetables, plum blossoms, horses, self-portraits and late in life, Buddhist images. These album leaves are elegant counterpoints to the angular standard script of the artist and are characteristic of his distinctly individualized calligraphic style.
- The inscription on the album leaf depicting lotus blossoms reads:
- In the evening, the rustic fragrance [of the lotus blossom] invites the guests to linger,
- While the egrets at the Thirty-six Ponds and the whole world [enjoy] a cool [breeze].
- The inscription on the album leaf depicting day lily reads:
- Near [mother’s] northern hall, [the day lily] blossoms like a smiling face.
- [I] wish [that she] would live a hundred years, [and] happiness will last throughout [her] life.
- She would never have to recount [her] worries and troubles to others.
- The day lily most certainly causes [mothers] to disregard their sorrow.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asian
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- forms
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- making art
- natural landscapes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 900 x 826
- File Size
- 88 KB
- Record
- 1996/2.29
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"Day Lily, one of a pair of album leaves; ; Jin Nong (Chin Nung)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1996-sl-2.29/1996_2.29.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
