The Seven Sages Passing Through a Gate / Sheng Maojun (Sheng Mao-chün)
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- Accession Number
- 1990/2.1
- Title
- The Seven Sages Passing Through a Gate
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1600-1645
- Medium and Support
- fan mounted as an album leaf, ink and light color on paper
- Object Creation Date
- early 17th century
- 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
- Signed at right edge: Ku-wu Sheng Mao-chün, One artist's seal follows the signature, One collector's seal at lower right corner,
- Dimensions
- 18.2 cm x 51.9 cm (7 3/16 in. x 20 7/16 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- album leaf
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- A temple lies in the not-so-distant background of tree and mountains. Travellors weave their way along the path, some on horseback. They have their heads covered--some with cloth and some with hats.
- Subject Matter
- This fan painting depicts a well-known historical event of the Kaiyuan era (713–41), when seven prominent scholars celebrated the first winter snow by venturing forth together for an outing to the famous Longmen temple outside of the capital city of Chang’an (today’s Xi’an). This attractive fan was painted by Sheng Maojun, the younger brother of the renowned painter Sheng Maoye from Suchou.
- Primary Keywords
- fan-shaped
- fans
- fans (costume accessories)
- horses
- ink
- mountains
- temple
- traveler
- travellers
- trees
- voyagers
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- descriptors
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- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
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- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- plants
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- settlements and landscapes
- shape
- single built works
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- single built works by specific type
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- vegetation components
- woody plants
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1536 x 1024
- File Size
- 159 KB
- Record
- 1990/2.1
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"The Seven Sages Passing Through a Gate; Sheng Maojun (Sheng Mao-chün)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1990-sl-2.1/1990_2.1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
