| Maker(s): | Hua, Yan
| | Culture: | Chinese (1682-1756)
| | Title: | Watching the Bathing of a Horse in the Evening Cool
| | Date Made: | late 17th-early 18th century (Qing Dynasty)
| | Type: | Painting; Scroll
| | Materials: | Ink and colors on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; China; possibly Hangzhou (Zhejiang Province) or Yangzhou (Jiangsu Province)
| | Measurements: | Overall: 95 3/4 in x 36 5/16 in; 243.205 cm x 92.23375 cm; Mount: 95 3/4 in x 33 1/16 in; 243.205 cm x 83.97875 cm; Image: 66 in x 31 1/2 in; 167.64 cm x 80.01 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | TITLE: recto, upp. r., vertical (brush and black ink): [Chinese character, wan liang kan xi ma] ; SIGN: recto, upp. r., vertical (brush and black ink): [Chinese character, xin luo shan ren xie yu zhu bai ge] ; SEAL: recto, upp. r. (seal in red ink): [Chinese character, Hua Yan] ; SEAL: recto, upp. r. (seal in red ink): [Chinese character, xiao dong men ke] ; SEAL: recto, lwr. r. (seal in red ink): [Chinese character, wang ji qian hai wai suo jian ming ji] ; SEAL: recto, lwr. r. (seal in red ink): [Chinese character, [ill.] gao zhen wan] ; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (seal in red ink): [Chinese character, bo hai hou ren] ; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (seal in red ink): [Chinese character, ou yang [ill.] ping] ; Seal: recto, lwr. l. (seal in red ink): [Chinese character, [ill.] [ill.] bie shu zhen cang].
| | Accession Number: | MH 1963.20.J.PI
| | Credit Line: | Purchase with the John Martyn Warbeke Art Fund
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Long vertical hanging scroll of two figures sitting under trees and watching a man bathing a horse in water in the foreground.
Label Text:
The five-character title at the upper right is the
first half of a well-known couplet from a poem
by the T'ang poet Tu Fu:
"In the cool of the evening, watching the washing
of horses, among the trees of the forest, listening
to the song of cicadas."
Tags:
animals; landscapes; figures; leisure Link to share this object record:
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