Scroll Painting
Object Title:
Scroll of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup
Object Number:
C449
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Chinese
Provenience:
China
Maker:
Tang Yin (uncertain)
Period:
Ming Dynasty
Date Made:
Ming Dynasty
Early Date:
1368
Late Date:
1644
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Silk
Pigment
Technique:
Painted
Woven
Iconography:
Emperor
Chinese Poet
Li Po
Attendants
Description:
Twelve old men. Drunken Poets. Scroll painting. Tang Yin (?). Silk is brittle, probably chemically treated at spots or patches. The faces all are well preserved and their color looks new. Thus it casts doubts on the authenticty of the aged look of silk seals illegible.
Credit Line:
Purchased from A. G. Worch
Other Number:
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Fernald, Helen E. 1922. Handbook of Chinese Paintings in the Collection of the Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 58
[Book] Getz, John. 1916. Exhibition of Oriental Art. : Page/Fig./Plate: 190 no.43
[Catalogue] Fernald, Helen E. 1922. Handbook of Chinese Paintings in the Collection of the Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 40
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