COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1985.71.7
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Min Zhen
Creator Nationality:
Chinese
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1730 - aft 1788
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Min Zhen
Title:
Writhing Dragon
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1788
Creation Start Date:
1788
Creation End Date:
1788
Materials and Techniques:
album leaf, ink on paper
Classification Term:
Painting
Dimensions:
Sheet: 29cm x 18.4cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1985.71.7
Credit Line:
John L. Severance Fund
Inscriptions:
Inscription by Min Chen on the last leaf:I have a habit of collecting strange rocks. My friend Tai-li shan-jen* treasures my paintings as much as I treasure strange rocks. Once we agreed to exchange what we love with each other. However, my busy activities have kept me from carrying this out. This summer I realized that this strange rock has been sitting in my studio for five years, so I painted this to fulfill my old promise. As a record, I chose the grotesque cliff in the last scene of this twelve-leaf album. Cheng-chai, Min Chen inscribed this on the sixth day of the sixth month [July 9] of the wu-shen year [1788].* Tai-li shan-jen is Wang Li [tzu: Li-fu] tr. Hou-mei IshidaSix seals appearing on the leaves:Min Chen, Cheng-chai, Ching-ch'iao, Chen, Liao-t'ang, Min Chen chih-yin.
Provenance:
Ting Nien-hsien (20th c.)
Link to Work:
CMA_.1985.71.1
Link to Work:
CMA_.1985.71.12
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1985.71.7.tif
