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Hanging scroll painting of mountain with path

This tall, narrow hanging scroll is a painting of a rocky mountain. The mountain’s peak is on the left side of the image. The rock appears to have a sheet-like texture, as if it has many vertical layers. The mountain’s details are finely shaded, but some areas at the base of the mountain are left lighter, creating the appearance of fog or mist. A wide path winds around the right side of the mountain and in the foreground. Figures carrying long staves walk on the path facing left. Trees grow on the path’s perimeter.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1923.198
People
Attributed to Ye Cheng (active early 16th century)
Title
Journey to Mount Tai
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 泰山圖
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
first half 16th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206580

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll mounted on a panel and framed; ink and slight color on silk
Dimensions
H. 198.7 x W. 108.5 cm (78 1/4 x 42 11/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
A 10-057 (Suzuki Kei)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Edward B. Bruce Collection of Chinese Paintings; Gift of Galen L. Stone
Accession Year
1923
Object Number
1923.198
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Suzuki Kei, Chugoku kaiga sogo zuroku, Amerika Kanada hen (Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings, Volume 1: American and Canadian Collections), University of Tokyo Press (Tokyo, Japan, 1982), p. 60, no. A 10-057
  • Richard M. Barnhart, Painters of the Great Ming: The Imperial Court and the Zhe School, exh. cat., Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, TX, 1993), p. 296, cat. 93
  • Li-Tsui Flora Fu, Framing Famous Mountains: Grand Tour and Mingshan Paintings in Sixteenth-century China, The Chinese University Press (Hong Kong, 2009), Plate 1

Exhibition History

  • Chinese Painting and Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/17/1991 - 01/26/1992
  • Painters of the Great Ming: The Imperial Court and the Zhe School, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 03/10/1993 - 05/09/1993; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 06/03/1993 - 08/01/1993
  • Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/03/1995 - 06/09/1996
  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/09/2017 - 12/07/2017; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/04/2023 - 06/03/2024

Verification Level

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