Watching the Tidal Bore at Qiantang in cursive script

Maker(s)
Artist: Xu Wei 徐渭 (1521-1593)
Historical period(s)
Ming dynasty, 1580s
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 131.1 × 31.6 cm (51 5/8 × 12 7/16 in)
Geography
China
Credit Line
Purchase — Regents' Collections Acquisition Program
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1980.12
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Calligraphy
Type

Hanging scroll

Keywords
China, cursive script, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Published References
  • Katharine P. Burnett. Dimensions of Originality: Essays on Seventeenth-Century Chinese Art Theory and Criticism. Hong Kong. .
  • Nakata Yujiro, Fu Shen. O-bei shuzo Chugoku hosho meiseki shu [Masterpieces of Chinese Calligraphy in American and European Collections]. 6 vols., Tokyo, 1981-1983. vol. 5: pls. 107-108.
  • Constance Bond. Body and Face in Chinese Visual Culture. Harvard East Asian Monographs, no. 239 Cambridge, Massachusetts. .
  • Kathleen Yang. Through a Chinese Connoisseur's Eye: Private Notes of C.C. Wang. Beijing. p.341, fig.129.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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