Knick-knack Peddler and Playing Boys 嬰戲貨郎圖
Item
Title
Knick-knack Peddler and Playing Boys 嬰戲貨郎圖
Description
Painting: No artist signature or seal. Eleven ribbons, pendants, and other items bear
minute identifying inscriptions
Artist Inscriptions: (11) — All in standard script3
Left basket; hanging ribbons and pendants starting from the left:
1. 。。。書
2. 薰衣笑蘭香
3. 應驗瘡藥
4. 膏藥
5. 日，月
6. 年，月，日，時。通僊
7. □聞修
8. 大運。小運
Left display case, lower left side:
9. 宜入新年
Left display case, third shelf, set of xiangqi game pieces:
10. 士，車，馬，將；將，卒，□，象
Pendant on peddler’s belt:
11. 神相
minute identifying inscriptions
Artist Inscriptions: (11) — All in standard script3
Left basket; hanging ribbons and pendants starting from the left:
1. 。。。書
2. 薰衣笑蘭香
3. 應驗瘡藥
4. 膏藥
5. 日，月
6. 年，月，日，時。通僊
7. □聞修
8. 大運。小運
Left display case, lower left side:
9. 宜入新年
Left display case, third shelf, set of xiangqi game pieces:
10. 士，車，馬，將；將，卒，□，象
Pendant on peddler’s belt:
11. 神相
Source
https://asia.si.edu/object/F1911.161e
Creator
Li Gonglin (attributed to) (傳) 李公麟
annotates
Label slip: separately mounted on cardboard mounting, upper right of painting
Four characters, standard script
宋李龍眠
Li Longmian [Li Gonglin] of the Song dynasty2
Four characters, standard script
宋李龍眠
Li Longmian [Li Gonglin] of the Song dynasty2
Abstract
11 Total
1. Prince of Guangze, 16th century (?)4
– (1)
Guangze wangfu zhenwan『光澤王府珍玩』(square relief) – upper left
2. Geng Zhaozhong 耿昭忠 (1640–1686)5
– (9)
Zhenshang『真賞』(gourd relief) – painting, upper right
Dancheng『丹誠』(round intaglio, left half) – painting, upper right
[Duwei Geng] Xin’gong shuhua zhi zhang『[都尉耿]信公書畫之章』(square intaglio,
left half) – painting, lower right
Gong『公』(square relief) – painting, bottom right
Xin’gong zhenshang『信公珍賞』(square relief) – painting, bottom left
Yi’er [zisun]『宜爾[子孫]』(square intaglio, right half) – painting, mid left Zhen[mi]『珍
[祕]』(square relief, right half) – painting, upper left
Qinshu[tang]『琴書堂』(square intaglio, right half) – facing sutra paper, left edge
Qianshan Geng [Xin’gong shuhua zhi zhang]『千山耿[信公書畫之章]』
(square relief, right half) – facing sutra paper, left edge
2. Geng Jiazuo 耿嘉祚 (late 17th–early 18th century) – (1)
Huihou zhencang『會侯珍藏』(square intaglio) – painting, bottom center
1. Prince of Guangze, 16th century (?)4
– (1)
Guangze wangfu zhenwan『光澤王府珍玩』(square relief) – upper left
2. Geng Zhaozhong 耿昭忠 (1640–1686)5
– (9)
Zhenshang『真賞』(gourd relief) – painting, upper right
Dancheng『丹誠』(round intaglio, left half) – painting, upper right
[Duwei Geng] Xin’gong shuhua zhi zhang『[都尉耿]信公書畫之章』(square intaglio,
left half) – painting, lower right
Gong『公』(square relief) – painting, bottom right
Xin’gong zhenshang『信公珍賞』(square relief) – painting, bottom left
Yi’er [zisun]『宜爾[子孫]』(square intaglio, right half) – painting, mid left Zhen[mi]『珍
[祕]』(square relief, right half) – painting, upper left
Qinshu[tang]『琴書堂』(square intaglio, right half) – facing sutra paper, left edge
Qianshan Geng [Xin’gong shuhua zhi zhang]『千山耿[信公書畫之章]』
(square relief, right half) – facing sutra paper, left edge
2. Geng Jiazuo 耿嘉祚 (late 17th–early 18th century) – (1)
Huihou zhencang『會侯珍藏』(square intaglio) – painting, bottom center
Rights Holder
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer Sackler)
Identifier
F1911.161e
References
Cahill, James F. Chinese Album Leaves in the Freer Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Freer
Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1962. Cat. no. 22, p. 14 and p. 38.
Lawton, Thomas. Chinese Figure Painting. Washington, DC: David R. Godine, in association
with Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973. Pp. 212–13.
Weidner, Marsha Smith. Painting and Patronage at the Mongol Court of China, 1260–1368.
Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Berkeley, 1983. Pp. 138–39 and 329 (plate 86).
Suzuki Kei 鈴木敬 (1920–2007), ed. Chūgoku kaiga sōgō zuroku 中國繪畫總合圖錄
(Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Paintings). 5 vols. Tokyo: University of
Tokyo, 1982–83. Vol. 1, 233 (A21–107).
Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1962. Cat. no. 22, p. 14 and p. 38.
Lawton, Thomas. Chinese Figure Painting. Washington, DC: David R. Godine, in association
with Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973. Pp. 212–13.
Weidner, Marsha Smith. Painting and Patronage at the Mongol Court of China, 1260–1368.
Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Berkeley, 1983. Pp. 138–39 and 329 (plate 86).
Suzuki Kei 鈴木敬 (1920–2007), ed. Chūgoku kaiga sōgō zuroku 中國繪畫總合圖錄
(Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Paintings). 5 vols. Tokyo: University of
Tokyo, 1982–83. Vol. 1, 233 (A21–107).
abstract
Formerly attributed to Li Gonglin (傳)李公麟