Detail View: The AMICA Library: Flowering Crab Apple

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1997.101
AMICA Library Year: 
2003
Object Type: 
Paintings
Creator Name: 
Shen Zhou
Creator Nationality: 
Chinese
Creator Role: 
artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
1427 - 1509
Gender: 
M
Creator Name-CRT: 
Shen Zhou
Title: 
Flowering Crab Apple
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Detail
Creation Date: 
1368-1644
Creation Start Date: 
1368
Creation End Date: 
1644
Materials and Techniques: 
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Classification Term: 
Painting
Style or Period: 
China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Dimensions: 
Image: 129.6cm x 41.4cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1997.101
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
Inscriptions: 
Artist's inscription, signature, and 3 seals:Adorned with rouge for dressing-up in the morning,Rich in colors but spare in fragrance.The east wind was not yet completely in command,Though facing flowering plums, they are mutually heartbroken. On a spring day in the keng-shen year of the Hung-chih era [1500], I was at Shuang-ngo [twin-moth] monks' residence where crab apples are blossoming abundantly. Mr. Lu Ju-ch'i was also visiting then, and asked for a painting of mine, so I painted this to express my feelings. Shen Chou of Ch'ang-chou [sea]] Ch'i-nan. [2 seals, lower left corner] Shih-t'ien; Po-shih weng. trans. LYSL1 additional seal of Wu Yün (1811-1883)
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Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.1997.101det01.tif