Painting Item Number: Edz1375 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Painting depicting abstracted rock outcrops of blue and green, a green-limbed tree with orange leaves, and a woman standing on an outcrop looking over water and the sunset. All on a buff-coloured background. Rolled on a cylinder with light blue glazed ceramic finials.
History Of Use
Decorative wall hanging.
Cultural Context
secular art
Narrative
No inscription, signature or seals on the painting. An inscription on the mount makes a pious reference to Chu Te-jun, 1294-1365, a famous painter of the Yuan Dynasty. The painting is done in an old blue-green-gold style first developed in the T'ang Dynasty and most frequently used in later times for paintings of a purely decorative character and purpose.
Item History
- Made in China before 1940
- Collected in Shanghai, China before 1940
- Owned by Nicolai Yakovleff before 1971
- Owned by Pauline Yakovleff Solecki before February 17, 1977
- Received from Pauline Yakovleff Solecki (Donor) on February 17, 1977
What
Who
- Culture
- Chinese
- Previous Owner
- Nicolai Yakovleff and Pauline Yakovleff Solecki
- Received from
- Pauline Yakovleff Solecki (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- China
- Collected in
- Shanghai, China
When
- Creation Date
- before 1940
- Collection Date
- before 1940
- Ownership Date
- before 1971 and before February 17, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on February 17, 1977
Other
- Item Classes
- paintings; works on paper
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0361/0005