Accession Number
2004.19.56
Title
Orchids, Bamboo, and Rock: Lingzhi, Orchids, Bamboo and Rock
Alternate Title
Orchids, Bamboo, and Rocks
Category
paintings
Object Type
handscroll
Artist
Ma Shouzhen
View People Details »Date Made
1566
Place Made
China
Culture
Chinese
Period
Ming 16th-17th centuries
Materials
ink and colour on paper
Measurements
sheet: 31.2 cm x 955 cm; image: 29.5 cm x 127.4 cm
Description
A handscroll painting depicting orchids, bamboo, lingzhi fungus, and rocks. This was originally two separate handscrolls that are mounted together.
Inscriptions and Colophons
The first section is inscribed 'Painted by younger sister Zhouzhen for elder brother Baigu' and is impressed with two artist seals. The first section is also impressed with 1 collector's seal. The second section is…
The first section is inscribed 'Painted by younger sister Zhouzhen for elder brother Baigu' and is impressed with two artist seals. The first section is also impressed with 1 collector's seal. The second section is signed Xianglan Ma Zhouzhen and is impressed with 5 artist seals. The second section is impressed with 7 seals from the collector Pan Yanling, as well as 6 other collector's seals. There are colophons by the following: Lu Yiqian (1785), Zhang Yanchang (1738-1814), Dong Bin (1785), Wang Wenzhi (1730-1802), Xi Gang (1746-1803), Hui Bicheng (1919), and Pei Jingfu (1854-1926).
Credit Line
Gift of Sandy and Cécile Mactaggart
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"2004.19.56 - Orchids, Bamboo, and Rock: Lingzhi, Orchids, Bamboo and Rock, Mactaggart Art Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/21-19121. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
Publications
AuthorTsang, Ka Bo
TitleBrilliant Strokes: Chinese Painting from the Mactaggart Art Collection