Silk Weaving, after Lou Shou

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Maker(s)
Artist: Attributed to Cheng Qi (傳)程棨 (active mid- to late 13th century) Formerly attributed to Liu Songnian (傳)劉松年 (ca. 1150-after 1225)
Historical period(s)
Yuan dynasty, mid- to late 13th century
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 32 x 1232.5 cm (12 5/8 x 485 1/4 in)
Geography
China
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1954.20
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Painting
Type

Handscroll

Keywords
China, silk farming, weaving, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Label

To learn more about this and similar objects, visit http://www.asia.si.edu/SongYuan/default.asp Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy.

Published References
  • Thomas Lawton. "画中人 上海书画出版社." Chinese Figure Painting. Shanghai, China. .
  • Chinese Silks. .
  • Roslyn Lee Hammers. Pictures of Tilling and Weaving. Throughout book.
  • Marilyn Fu. Hsien-yu Shu's Calligraphy and His "Admonitions" Scroll of 1299. 3 vols. Ann Arbor. pl. 47d.
  • Thomas Lawton. Chinese Figure Painting. Exh. cat. Washington, 1973. cat. 8, pp. 54-57.
  • Chiang Wen-kuang. A Discussion of the Ch'ing Dynasty Stone-Engraved Versian of Lou Shu's "Rice Culture" and "Sericulture" Scrolls. no. 3, 1979. pp. 61-63, pl. 6.
  • Mémoires Concernant l'Asie Orientale, Inde, Asie Centrale, Extréme-Orient. 3 vols., Paris. pp. 65-122, pls. 32-55.
  • Maggie C. K. Wan. Image and Efficacy: The Frontispieces to the Wanli Emperor's Yushu Jing. vol. LXXV, No. 1 Zürich, Switzerland. F1954.20 sec 12, p. 72, fig. 14.
  • Ellen Mae Johnston Laing. Ch'ing Dynasty Pictorial Jades and Painting. vol. 16 Washington and Ann Arbor. p. 73.
  • Liu Hsing-chen. Concerning the Whereabouts of Ch'eng Ch'i's Copy of the Paintings of Rice Culture and Sericulture. no. p. pp. 92-93.
  • Shinobu Yoshimoto. The Warp and Weft of Weaving: Handlooms and textiles of the world. Japan. pp. 116 and 193.
  • Suzuki Kei. Chugoku kaiga sogo zuroku [Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Painting]. 5 vols., Tokyo, 1982-1983. pp. 228-229.
  • Dieter Kuhn. An Epic of Technical Supremacy: Works and Words of Medieval Chinese Textile. Riggisberg, Switzerland, May 2022. p. 299, fig. 69.
  • Chao Chang. Shih-ch'u pao-chi ch'u-pien. pp. 974-977.
  • Chang Wen-chi. Shih-ch'u pao-chi ch'u-pien. Hong Kong. pp. 3881-3887.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy
Google Cultural Institute
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