Object Title |
A Pair of Doves (竹石鵓鴿圖) |
Object Number |
C119 |
Current Location |
Collections Storage |
Culture |
Chinese |
Provenience |
China |
Creator |
Yi Yuanji | 易元吉 |
Period |
Song Dynasty |
Date Made |
ca. 1060 |
Section |
Asian |
Materials |
Ink | Pigment | Silk |
Technique |
Painted |
Iconography |
Birds | Rocks | Bamboo | Fruit | Tree |
Description |
"A Pair of Doves" formerly "Birds and Bamboo", attributed to Yi Yuanji (active 1060s). The painting depicts two spotted doves (Streptopelia chinensis ) amid sprays of soft bamboo with a pile of rocks from which grows a small stunted tree. The time of year is most likely autumn or early winter. The signature of Yi Yuanji, 易元吉, is found on the face of the rock- "Yi Yuanji of Changsha (長沙易元吉)." The painting also has two seals which cannot be deciphered and one of the Su Family, famous collectors in the Song Dynasty, and reads Su Zhai (su library). The birds are possibly a later addition. Formerly in the collection of John Calvin Ferguson (1866 - 1945 CE). |
Height |
158.5 cm |
Width |
101.5 cm |
Credit Line |
Purchased from M. Knoedler & Company, 1916 |
Other Number |
Getz 53 - Other Number | CG94-1-114 - Found in Collection Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Steinhardt, Nancy S. "The Chinese Rotunda." Arts of Asia 38, no. 5. (2008): 83-95. See: Pg. 95, Fig. 34 |
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Whitfield, Roderick. "A Pair of Doves: A Northern Song Painting Rediscovered." Orientations (Hong Kong) 32, no. 2. (2001): 58-61. Page/Fig./Plate: 58-59 |
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"What in the World?: Found! A Pair of Doves--and More..." Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 43, no. 1. (2001): 48. |
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Fernald, Helen E. Handbook of Chinese Paintings in the Collection of the Museum. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1922. Page/Fig./Plate: 23-24 |
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Getz, John. The University Museum Exhibition of Oriental Art. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1916. See: #53, p. 197 |
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Ferguson, John C. Chinese Paintings in the University Museum Philadelphia: A Record of the signatures, seals, inscriptions, colophons and labels on the Chinese paintings collected by me for the Museum. 1916. |
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M. Knoedler & Co. Catalogue of early Chinese paintings of the T'ang, Sung and Yuan dynasties A.D. 600-1400. New York: Goerck Art Press, 1914. See: No. 12 |
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