Portrait of Ge Qiansun (Ko Ch'ien-sun), Physician / Xie Bin (Hsieh Pin)

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Accession Number: 2002/1.232.2
Title: Portrait of Ge Qiansun (Ko Ch'ien-sun), Physician
Artist: Xie Bin (Hsieh Pin)
Artist Nationality: Chinese
Artist Life Dates: act. 1602 - after 1680
Medium and Support: album leaf, ink on paper
Object Creation Date: circa 1660-1680
Credit Line: Gift of David L. Chambers and John G. Crane
Period: China, Qing Period (1644-1912)
Dimensions: 43.6 cm x 55.6 cm (17 3/16 in. x 21 7/8 in.)
Century: 17th century
Physical Description: Album leaf in black ink. Left page contains script. Right page depicts a man with a beard and mustache dressed in long robes with his hands pressed together. On his head is a black wrap. A line of writing is also located in the upper right side of the portrait.
Subject Matter: Portrait of Ge Qiansun, a phsician in the Yuan dynasty. The text describes Ge's physical appearance and tells of how he was originally a practitioner of martial arts and later became interested in philosophy, astrology, and physiognomy. The rest of the text describes Ge curing strang diseases.
Primary Keywords: calligraphy; figures; males; portraits
Secondary Keywords: people and occupations; text-based art
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2508 x 1954
File Size: 652 KB
Record: 2002/1.232.2
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-1.232.2/2002_1.232.2.jpg

In public portfolios: A - Health and Medicine Traditions (19); Ink and realisms (392); O - Labor Activism in the US (221); Work and workers (328)

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Full citation: "Portrait of Ge Qiansun (Ko Ch'ien-sun), Physician; Xie Bin (Hsieh Pin)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-1.232.2/2002_1.232.2.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.