H x W (image): 18.5 x 148.5 cm (7 5/16 x 58 7/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
China
Date:
before 1766
Period:
Qing dynasty
Description:
A handscroll which depicts thickly billowing clouds which float over hills and valleys covered with luxuriant pine trees.
Marks:
A linked seal reading "Ch'en Ta" follows the inscription.
Inscriptions:
The artist's inscription at the end of the painting gives the title (in clerical script) Song he yun tao (billowing clouds in a pine valley) and states that the work is done in the manner of the Yuan painter Lu Guang (14th century). The inscription is signed chen [imperial servitor] Dong Bangda and is followed by a linked seal .
Near the front of the painting there is a quatrain in seven-character meter written by the Qianlong emperor (r. 1735-1796), dated in the autumn of bingxu (1766). 雲若流泉松若藻，天開奇想妙難摹。漫言世上無斯境，覿面山莊似此夫。
丙戌新秋中游御題「會心不遠」「德充竹付」
丙戌新秋中游御題「會心不遠」「德充竹付」
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Chinese Paintings: Recent Accessions (March 2 to August 2, 1984)
Chinese Paintings: Recent Accessions (March 20 to October 13, 1982)
