Penjing with Rock and Acorus Grass in a Ceramic Basin

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 8.1997
People: Lu Zhi 陸治, Chinese (1496 - 1576)
Calligraphy by Peng Nian 彭年, Chinese (1505 - 1566)
Title: Penjing with Rock and Acorus Grass in a Ceramic Basin
Classification: Paintings with Calligraphy
Work Type: hanging scroll, painting with calligraphy
Date: mid 16th century
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/199011

Location

Location: Level 2, Room 2600, East Asian Art, East Asian Painting and Decorative Arts

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Physical Descriptions

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, with poem dated to 1554 inscribed by Peng Nian (1505-1566)
Dimensions: painting proper: H. 75.2 × W. 30 cm (29 5/8 × 11 13/16 in.)
silk mounting only: H. 178.8 × W. 47 cm (70 3/8 × 18 1/2 in.)
mounting, including cord and roller ends: H. 180.3 × W. 54.6 cm (71 × 21 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from Ssu Isabel Weng and I-Hsueh Hugo Weng
Object Number: 8.1997
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Stephen Little, Where the Truth Lies: The Art of Qiu Ying, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books Prestel (Los Angeles, 2020), pp. 184-189, fig. 6

Exhibition History

Rocks, Mountains, Landscapes, and Gardens: The Essence of East Asian Painting (1997), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/1997 - 09/21/1997
Rocks, Mountains, Landscapes and Gardens: The Essence of East Asian Painting ('04), Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/2004 - 08/01/2004
32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/08/2024 - 12/02/2024
Adorning the Inner Court: Jun Ware for the Chinese Palace, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/20/2017 - 08/13/2017

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8.1997: Penjing with Rock and Acorus Grass in a Ceramic Basin