Poem of fourteen characters in ink on paper. Signature of two characters. One seal. Part of original paper missing at lower left corner, the rest worn and cracked. Panel.
Inscriptions:
The inscription written in ts'ao shu [chn], or "grass" writing, is a poetic couplet composed of two seven-character lines which run:
[chn]
"Wherever the light of body tread on the steaming mist There are the countless years of the pine pitch at Stone Cave."
Provenance:
To 1945
Mrs. Edith Drake, Chicago, Illinois. [1]
1945
American-Chinese Committee of the Mass Education Movement, Chicago, Illinois. [2]
From 1945
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from the American-Chinese Committee of the Mass Education Movement, Chicago, Illinois. [3]
Notes:
[1] See object file. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, “owned by Mrs. Drake Tonying acted as agent”.
[2] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
[3] See note 1.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1947 (January 7, 1947 to April 11, 1955)
Special Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (August 7, 1946 to January 7, 1947)
Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)
Previous custodian or owner:
Mrs. Edith L. Drake
American-Chinese Committee of the Mass Education Movement (Founded 1920s)
