2016.233: Flying Waterfall

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

Permissions

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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.

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