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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1923.162
People
Huang Jun 黃均, Chinese (1775 - 1850)
Title
Appreciating Paintings in the Spring Grass Studio
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 春草堂讀畫圖
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
handscroll, painting
Date
dated 1840
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/209776

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll; ink and light color on paper, with signature reading "Guyuan Huang Jun"
Dimensions
H. 30.2 x W. 154.3 cm (11 7/8 x 60 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: by artist Huang Jun in 1840 (庚子):
    春草堂讀畫圖
    蒙泉先生歸田後,優游林下,嘗邀二三知己,評書讀畫,日與古人相接,真不減五柳高風,余有深契焉。庚子春,招飲於春草堂中,同履卿先生觀所藏前賢書畫名跡,令人神眩目迷,如入山陰道上,所謂“人間清福”無逾于此。翼日,以宋紙索拙筆,遂寫斯圖以應教,未知有當大雅否?
    穀原黃均
  • seal: of artist Huang Jun; lower right of painting; intaglio, rectangular: 墨華盦主
  • seal: of artist Huang Jun; following inscription; intaglio, square: 均印
  • seal: of artist Huang Jun; half relief and half intaglio, square: 穀原 [Guyuan]
  • colophon: by Han Chong 韓崇 (1783-1860):
    玉山寂寞鷗波冷,此地重開寶繪堂。自有圖書娛永日,不須琴鶴伴歸裝。 滿庭瑤草滿懷春,興到揮豪妙入神。(先生工書畫精六法)大好園林客屢叩,一時觴詠繼前人。
    題奉 蒙泉先生正句 履卿韓崇
  • seal: of Han Chong (1783-1860); intaglio, square: 臣崇
  • seal: of Han Chong (1783-1860); relief, square: 未[華?]

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
1923.162
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • East Asia in the Nineteenth Century, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/05/1994 - 08/21/1994
  • 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
  • Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/25/2000 - 08/26/2001
  • 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, 12/01/2016 - 06/09/2017

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