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Description

A hanging scroll painting of a winter landscape scene with mountains, pine trees, and a man mounted on a donkey riding toward a house. Predominant colours are grey, black, green, brown, and orange. The painting has a cream-coloured border of patterned fabric. There are black characters along the top with a red seal. There is one red seal on the bottom of one corner with another four red seals on the other bottom corner. There is a semi-cylindrical rod at the top with a burgundy-red cord bound by metal wire and cream-coloured fabric with a light purple ribbon. There is a cylindrical rod weight at the bottom covered patterned fabric.

History Of Use

Wall hanging. The red seal at the end of the poem at the top edge is the signature of the poet.

Narrative

Purchased in 1952 from a dealer in Macao by Dr. Ping-ti Ho of the UBC Asian Studies Dept. Originally said to be made by Hsi Kang, but now thought to be a reproduction. The poem written at the top dates to the Qing dynasty; the date of the painting itself is uncertain.

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