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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.233
People
Yu Cheng-yao 余承堯, Chinese (Yongchun, Fujian province, China 1898 - 1993 Taiwan)
Title
Flying Waterfall
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 澗水飛流
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
wall scroll, painting
Date
Undated
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Taiwan
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/330483

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Vertical wall scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
painting proper: 120.1 x 59.5 cm (47 5/16 x 23 7/16 in.)
mounting: 136 x 69.9 cm (53 9/16 x 27 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Title and signature in brush-written Chinese characters, upper right: Signed: "Yu Chengyao"
  • seal: Square red intaglio artist's seal, following signature: "Yu Chengyao yin"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Yu Chengyao, Taiwan, gift; to Chu-tsing Li, Lawrence Kansas (1970s-2012), gift; to his son B U.K. Li, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2012-2016), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016.

Footnotes:
1. Dr. Chu-tsing Li (1920-2014)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Chu-tsing Li Collection, Gift of B U.K. Li in memory of Chu-tsing Li, Yao-wen Kwang Li, and Teri Ho Li
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.233
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
A landscape painting executed in ink and light blue color on paper in vertical scroll format. Inscribed with a title and signed in the upper right corner.

Verification Level

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