Travelers in Snowy Mountains 雪山行旅圖

Item

Title

Travelers in Snowy Mountains 雪山行旅圖

Description

(none)

Source

https://asia.si.edu/object/F1909.244j

Creator

Unidentified artist

annotates

Album frontispiece: Xu Chu 許初 (active mid- to late 16th century)
Four leaves of same-size paper, each written with one large character. Leaves mounted facing
each other on two pieces of cardboard backing, each folded in the middle (F1909.244m and
F1909.244n), and reading right to left.
Four characters, standard script (rendered left to right below)
名。彥。英。華。
Exquisite Blossoms by Renowned Masters
Signature: none
Date: none
Seals: (3)
Di Gaoyang zhi miaoyi『帝高陽之苗裔』(rectangle relief) – leaf m (right),
upper right
Xu Chu zhi yin『許初之印』(square intaglio) – leaf n (left), mid-left
Gaoyang『高陽』(square relief) – leaf n (left), lower left

Abstract

(none)

Rights Holder

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer Sackler)

Identifier

F1909.244j

References

Cahill, James F. Chinese Album Leaves in the Freer Gallery of Art. Washington DC:
Smithsonian Institution, 1961. Pp. 12 and 28 (plate 12).
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, 246 (A21–157).

abstract

Follower of Liang Kai 梁楷