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Title
Temmoku Ware
Object Creation Date
n.d.
Accession Number
1983/1.345
Medium and Support
stoneware with tenmoku glaze
Artist Nationality
Chinese
Title
Temmoku Ware
Century
10th-13th century
Object Creation Date
960-1279
Accession Number
1983/1.346
Medium and Support
stoneware with "hare's fur" pattern tenmoku glaze
Artist Nationality
Chinese
Title
Temmoku Ware
Century
10th-13th century
Object Creation Date
960-1279
Accession Number
1983/1.347
Medium and Support
earthenware and stoneware with tenmoku glaze
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Plum Blossoms in Snow
Artist
Chang Ku-nien, Chen Shu-chen
Physical Description
In this snowy scene a plum tree and rock seem are seen atop a hill. The elegant, contorted trunk and branches of the tree create a visual arch over the image, framing the rock, snow, and block of calligraphic text below.
Artist Life Dates
1906-1987
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
last quarter of 20th century
Accession Number
2006/1.129
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Orchid and Rock
Artist
Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
Physical Description
A rock dominates the image, with orchids and grasses growing next to it. Calligraphic text accompanies the image, places above the rock, with three seals.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
last quarter of 20th century
Accession Number
2006/1.131
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Orchids and Red Rock
Artist
Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
Physical Description
A rough, red rock seems to grow out of the hillside, almost as organically as the orchids growing next to it. Calligraphic text is in the upper left corner.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1980
Accession Number
2006/1.132
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Chrysanthemum and Rock
Artist
Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
Physical Description
A cluster of chrysanthemum grow upwards, standing out over a rock below. Next to them, in the upper left corner, is calligraphic text.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1980
Accession Number
2006/1.133
Medium and Support
ink and light color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Bamboo and Rock
Artist
Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
Physical Description
A rock rises above the earth, and branches of bamboo mimic the gentle curve of its shape. Grasses grow below. Two lines of calligraphic text are written verticalley on the left side of the painting.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1960-1975
Accession Number
2006/1.134
Medium and Support
ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Cross-Island Highway Based on Sketches
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
Painted and inscribed on the occasion of Veterans’ Day. The artist depicts a view of the narrow, winding roadway cutting through a magnificent rocky mountain.
In his inscription, Chang claims to use methods of Song masters that were adopted in painting the scene. A small detail on the lower right of the painting represents a couple of tiny figures standing aside the road. One figure is depicted as making life-sketches of the scene.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1980
Accession Number
2006/1.111
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 4)
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
A panoramic view of the highway cutting across the Tarako Gorges, laid out in four connecting hanging scrolls.
Inscription: “sublime and bright--what opens in this enormous curtain (the connected hanging scrolls).”
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1967
Accession Number
2006/1.104.4
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 1)
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
A panoramic view of the highway cutting across the Tarako Gorges, laid out in four connecting hanging scrolls.
Inscription: “sublime and bright--what opens in this enormous curtain (the connected hanging scrolls).”
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1967
Accession Number
2006/1.104.1
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 3)
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
A panoramic view of the highway cutting across the Tarako Gorges, laid out in four connecting hanging scrolls.
Inscription: “sublime and bright--what opens in this enormous curtain (the connected hanging scrolls).”
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1967
Accession Number
2006/1.104.3
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 2)
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
A panoramic view of the highway cutting across the Tarako Gorges, laid out in four connecting hanging scrolls.
Inscription: “sublime and bright--what opens in this enormous curtain (the connected hanging scrolls).”
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1967
Accession Number
2006/1.104.2
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Snow Scene
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
The painting depicts mountains and bold branches covered by snow, presenting a cristal clear landscape of cold splendor.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1968
Accession Number
2006/1.105
Medium and Support
ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Clear Water Cliff
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
The torrential water and the Clear Water Cliff beside the Suhua Highway.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
after 12/1/1973
Accession Number
2006/1.106
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Mountain Light, Cloud Shadow
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
The use of light ink to depict the hills and remote mountains was to present the misty and dreamlike Dayu Mountain. Chang applied the wash to creat a sense of wet atmosphere.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1974
Accession Number
2006/1.107
Medium and Support
unmounted scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Solitary Leisure in a Quiet Pavilion
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
This L-shaped composition uses soft yet bright colors to depict a curving road through rolling green mountains covered with the varing red tones of autumn trees. A solitary figure sits in a pavillion, and the scene is obscured by wisps of white clouds.
Artist Life Dates
1906-1987
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1974
Accession Number
2006/1.108
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Swallow's Mouth Cave
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
A view, perhaps from inside a cave, that provides a glimpse of a small strech of highway through mountainous terrain. A river flows below, cutting a path between the mountains.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1978
Accession Number
2006/1.109
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Clearing After Snow
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
In this scene mountains and a pavillion are covered by snow and dormant trees bear no leaves. Calligraphic text is in the upper right corner.
Artist Life Dates
1906 - 1987
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1981
Accession Number
2006/1.110
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
In the Spirit of Li Bai's Poetry
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
Green mountains create the edge of a river. Red flowers grow on the hill framing the scene in the right corner, and two boats sail the waters below. In the upper center of the painting is calligraphic text.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1975
Accession Number
2006/1.120
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Wulai Falls Based on Sketches
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
The Wulai Waterfalls are shown in a “Y” shape configuration, and painted in simple light ink washes. On a hill-path on the center right several tourists are represented as riding some kind of rickshaw.
Artist Life Dates
1906-1987
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1981
Accession Number
2006/1.121
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Hearing the Sound of a Distant Bell
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
Ink and wash depicts the tranquility. Temples rest in the middle of the remote mountains. Hearing the bell resonnating in the valley, a monk is returning.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1973
Accession Number
2006/1.122
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Bamboo and Rock
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
Bamboo and strangely shaped rock are painted here.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1965-1985
Accession Number
2006/1.123
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Watching Geese
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
This landscape makes use of the wide range of tones possible from black ink and water. A man stands in a mountain clearing, gazing at geese in the distance. Calligraphic text is written vertically in the upper left corner.
Artist Life Dates
1906-1987
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
last quarter of 20th century
Accession Number
2006/1.124
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Sharing a Boat in the Wind and Rain
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
Three figures in a boat withstand wind and rain as they navigate river waters. Trees along the banks seem to bend under the force of the wind. Water saturdated ink and washes blur distinctions and imply the extremity of the weather.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1983
Accession Number
2006/1.125
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
White Clouds
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
Cloudy mountain scene with calligrapic text in the upper right corner.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1972
Accession Number
2006/1.126
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Night Rain on the Xiao and Xiang Rivers
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
In this landscape a misty, meandering river is depicted with two boathouses along its banks. Reeds and other foliage grow lush along the banks, partially obscuring the boathouse in the foreground. Accompanying text is in the upper register.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
last quarter of 20th century
Accession Number
2006/1.127
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Calligraphy
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
The inscription is a famous discussion on the vulgarity and the elegance in painting by Qing Dynasty painter Zou Yigui (or Zou Xiaoshan).
Artist Life Dates
1906 - 1987
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1970
Accession Number
2006/1.128
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on gold-flecked paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 1
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1965
Accession Number
2006/1.136
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 2
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1965
Accession Number
2006/1.137
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 3
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1965
Accession Number
2006/1.138
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 4
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1965
Accession Number
2006/1.139
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 5
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1965
Accession Number
2006/1.140
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 6
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1965
Accession Number
2006/1.141
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Geese Landing on Sandbars
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
A scene of geese in pond and on sandbars. The geese are congregated in the lower left hand side of the painting, as are most of the reeds growing from the sand bars. Some geese can also be seen flying in the middle of the painting, though they are not as prominent. Five lines of calligraphy are lcoated in the upper right of the painting.
Artist Life Dates
1906-1987
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
last quarter of 20th century
Accession Number
2006/1.142
Medium and Support
ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Waterfall at Milky Way Cave
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
An intricate ecology of plants grows up this mountainside landscape. Two men walk in a clearing below a building. A waterfall flows downward on the upper left, below calligraphic text.
Artist Life Dates
1906-1987
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1970-1990
Accession Number
2006/1.143
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Spring Warms River Nu
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
Two men rafting in the waves of River Nu.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
last quarter of 20th century
Object Creation Date
1971
Accession Number
2006/1.144
Medium and Support
horizontal hanging scroll, ink on rice paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Lone Rooster Summons the Spring
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
The Rooster is singled out by its expressive outlining brushwork and the vibrant red color of the comb. Its decorative flavor is also enhanced by using a specific type of paper called “cloud-dragon paper” (yunlong zhi), as the pattern of décor resembles motifs of cloud and dragon. Vertical calligraphic text in in the upper left corner.
Artist Life Dates
1906-1987
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1981
Accession Number
2006/1.112
Medium and Support
ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Jade Mountain, Auspicious Snow
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
Though this painting was not dated, it should be most possibly painted after Chang moved to Michigan in 1974. Perhaps it is because of the cold winter, during this time, Chang created many works on landscape of snow. This is a scene of clearing after snow.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
last quarter of 20th century
Accession Number
2006/1.113
Medium and Support
unmounted scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Portrait of Shirley and Chen-yang Chang
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
A man and woman under a tree while the woman plays a type of zither. Nearby are trees in bloom with pink flowers. Writing is located in the upper left corner of the painting.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1984
Accession Number
2006/1.114
Medium and Support
ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Red Trees, Blue Mountains
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Physical Description
Landscape colored with the bright hues of autumn. Pavilions are nestled among clouds and mountain forests. A rustic staircase appears between wisps of clouds and trees, winding up the slope next to waterfalls.
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1975
Accession Number
2006/1.135
Medium and Support
ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Sight in Hangzhou, West Lake
Artist
Wang Chao
Physical Description
Ink on paper print
Artist Life Dates
(1974 - )
Object Creation Date
2009
Accession Number
2010/2.55
Medium and Support
ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
Title
Landscape
Artist
Chen Guan (Ch'en Kuan)
Artist Life Dates
1608-1638
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
1637
Accession Number
1991/2.88
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
Title
Old Tree
Artist
Chen Hengke (Ch'en Heng-k'o)
Artist Life Dates
1876-1923
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1920-1923
Accession Number
1949/1.198
Medium and Support
ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
Title
Boating on a River in Autumn
Artist
Chen Huan (Ch'en Huan)
Physical Description
A lone boatman appears from behing the rocks, looking forward. Above him and slightl foregrounded arches a tree, and behind him lay a series of trees and rocks. Black dots are used to accent the rocks, and repeating patterns indicate leaves on trees. Red seals are in the lower left and lower right corners, and a third is at the end of the block of calligraphic text at top right.
Artist Life Dates
early 17th century
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
1596
Accession Number
1976/1.224
Medium and Support
album leaf matted to frame, ink on gold paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
Title
Remote Mountain Temple by the River
Artist
Chen Jiru (Ch'ên Chi-ju)
Artist Life Dates
1558-1639
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
1558-1639
Accession Number
1972/2.351
Medium and Support
fan mounted as an album leaf, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
Title
Wisteria
Artist
Chen Nian (Ch'en Nien)
Artist Life Dates
1875 - after 1963
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1920-1935
Accession Number
1949/1.197
Medium and Support
ink and color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Peach Blossom Spring
Artist
Chen Shaomei (aka Ch'en Shao-mei)
Physical Description
In this long narrative landscape, our eyes trace the journey of the fisherman, who may be standing in the distance on the left. His boat can be seen tucked behing a rock, and the mouth of a small cave. Pink petals of peach blossoms adorn the trees along to shore of a stream.
Artist Life Dates
1909-1954
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1930-1954
Accession Number
2006/2.21
Medium and Support
ink and light color on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Calligraphy, One of a Pair
Artist
Chen Shu-chen
Physical Description
Vertical hanging scroll of calligraphic text consisting of five Chinese characters in black ink. One of a pair.
Artist Life Dates
1908-2000
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
last quarter of 20th century
Accession Number
2006/1.130.1
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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Title
Calligraphy, One of a Pair
Artist
Chen Shu-chen
Physical Description
Vertical hanging scroll of calligraphic text consisting of five Chinese characters in black ink, with artist signature and seal. One of a pair.
Artist Life Dates
1908-2000
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
last quarter of 20th century
Accession Number
2006/1.130.2
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Artist Nationality
Chinese
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