2016.233: Flying Waterfall
Paintings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2016.233
- People
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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
- painting, wall scroll
- 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
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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
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- 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
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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.
Verification Level
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