Rabbit and Plum Tree

C88

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Title Rabbit and Plum Tree
Object Number C88
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Creator Huang Jucai
Period Song Dynasty | Northern Song Dynasty
Date Made Song Dynasty
Section Asian
Materials Silk | Pigment
Technique Painted
Iconography Rabbit | Plum Tree
Inscription Language Chinese Language
Description

Rabbit and plum tree, artist unknown. Attributed to Huang Jucai, 黄居寀 (Huang Chu-ts'ai). Song Dynasty (960-1280 CE). Color painting on silk. Huang Jucai, of the Northern Song Dynasty, was a son of the noted artist, Huang Quan, 黄筌 (Huang Ch'uan). In painting birds, flowers and bamboos, he surpassed his father. This painting shows a white rabbit under a plum tree in full blossom. On the tree are the roosting birds seeking their comfort in the cold. Seven seals. Imitation of Cui Bai, 崔白 (Ts'ui Pai) painting: "Magpies and Hare", now in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.

Height 142 cm
Width 58 cm
Credit Line Purchased from C. T. Loo, 1915
Other Number Getz 33 - Other Number

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