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Part of: 1/31/19 Docent Talk ASIA (27 resources )
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Robert Jerome Morrissey
Last Updated
May 25, 2022 1:58 p.m.

27 Items in this Learning Collection
Jar
This light reddish-buff earthenware <em>guan (</em>罐) jar has a wide globular upper body and a conical lower body on a narrow flat base with a narrow neck and flaring rim. There are two diametrically opposed lug handles at the waist. Painted on the upper half of the body with black pigment are a network of rhomboid shapes, hatch-marks and dots confined within solid band borders, with a lobed line border below.  Around the neck are a painted "X" design, hatch marks and a lobed border to the interior.  
Collection Object
Footed Pottery Jar with Red Geometric Design

Collection Object
Short Necked Vase

Collection Object
Mother Goddess
This black terracotta is broken at the waste and depicts a simple body decorated with globs of clay decorated with punch-marked decorations. The face is modeled a bit more realistically with wide-open eyes and a full mouth. The front of her hair is in a series of rounded ball-like curls and a circular starburst decoration is at the top. The other oval globs frame the face of the goddess and cascade down what is left of her body.<br />
Collection Object
Buddha, standing, in double abhaya mudra and dressed in royal attire
Gilded brass (or gilded copper alloy) standing Buddha on lotus pedestal with both hands raised in abhaya mudra.
Collection Object
The Daibutsu (Great Buddha) at Kamakura
The daibutsu, or giant buddha, statue takes up the bulk of the pictorial space. Curving upwards and towards the statue is a large pine. At the feet of the green hued daibutsu statue are three women of different generations: a young girl, an adult woman, and an elderly woman. Although a few clouds hover in the sky, the sun appears to be shining brightly, casting some shadows of nearby trees into the picture.
Collection Object
Bodhisattva (Jokaisho Bosatsu): esoteric Buddhist iconographic drawing
An illustration of the bodhisattva Jokaishō, the divine figure is seated on a lotus blossom venerating a reliquary. The figure sits cross-legged on a red lotus blossom, while beneath the figure is a blue sutra box on a green and yellow lotus. The image is depicted with largely even "iron-wire" lines typical of Heian period Buddhist painting. 
Collection Object
Ragamala series: Ragini Patamanjari
A female figure with her two attendants is shown in the bottom left of the image; a male figure appears in the window above, also accompanied by a female attendant who appears to be in conversation with him. The male holds a small flower in his hand--possibly a rose. The architectural space is divided skilfully, with distinct scenes or motifs taking place in each quadrant of the depicted scene.
Collection Object
Ragamala series: Ragini Gujari
A lady plays a musical instrument (most probably the rudra vina) in the center-left of the composition. Within the palace setting are also two attendants--one standing with a fly whisk above her mistress's head, the other seated in the right edge of the picture. A peacock with his feathers on full display is depicted in the center-left of the image, amidst the action enveloping the female figures. Utensils are placed on the staircase below the scene.
Collection Object
Red Raku ware tea bowl with imprinted leaf designs
This rustic, earth tone ceramic tea bowl has a rough, natural feeling texture. Impressed into the outer sides of the tea bowl are the imprints of pine needles.
Collection Object
Stupa: Hyakuman tô (one of one million pagodas)
Wooden miniture model of a tower, comprised of a round base, a bar in the middle where three larger discs and six or seven small discs are inserted. A bulb-shaped ornament rests on top.
Collection Object
Ewer with Silver Fittings
A porcelain ewer with a cylindrical body on a foot ring and a tall, narrow neck. It has a flat, wide, ear-shaped handle, covered with underglaze blue floral meander and clear glaze, and a replacement silver spout and domed lid.
Collection Object
Covered Jar
This is a squat stoneware jar with a wide globular shoulder on a narrow foot ring. Lotus petal lappets surround the base, and a peony scroll relief surrounds the body. The jar has a domed lid top with a wide flange and a ball knob; the area between is incised with scrolling meander. The object is covered in an olive green celadon glaze.
Collection Object
Platter with an inscription from a Hadith [a saying of the Prophet Muhammad], signed by Ali ibn al-Hajj Muhammad
A blue and white platter. White porcellanous body with painting in blue under a clear glaze slightly tinged with blue-green.
Collection Object
Fragment of box lid
This fragment of a stoneware box lid has straight sides with a shoulder curving to a flat top. The lid has a finely detailed dragon in relief inside a twisted rope roundel border against a ground of finely incised floral meander, covered in a light gray celadon glaze. 
Collection Object
Thirty-six Immortal Poets: Taira no Kanemori
A male figure is sitting sideways, his face looking toward the front right. He wears a long black cap, a red under-kimono, a grayish-color jacket with geometric patterns, and right gray color pantaloons. He holds a fan, which is peeking from the right sleeve. The painting is accompanied by calligraphy on the right side of the figure. The painting is mounted on gold brocade with strips of purple and gold brocade on top and bottom of the painting.
Collection Object
Padmasambhava in Yabyum (Divine Union)
A woodblock print on paper; the block was quite worn when the print was made, resulting in an impression of poor quality.
Collection Object
Shakya Senge: Padmasambhava as a young monk
A woodblock print on paper; the block was quite worn, resulting in broken or smudged lines.
Collection Object
Bodhisattva Mañjusri
A woodblock print, with monochromatic black ink. The impression is good, especially given the detail of the design, although the block appears to have been worn at the outside edges.
Collection Object
Tibetan monk-scholar: print from inside conch trumpet
A woodblock print on paper, with large tears at the upper right hand and lower left hand corners, much abraded. Formerly placed insite the conch trumpet 1982/2.42 as a talisman.
Collection Object
Amitabha (Ch. Amitofou) rescues sailors at sea

Collection Object
Autumn Colors at Mount Yu

Collection Object
Buzurjmihr Interprets a Dream for Nushirwan, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
This Persian miniature is attributed to the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene, <em>Buzurjmihr Interprets a Dream for Nushirwan</em>, is part of the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings. 
Collection Object
Mirror with serpentine interlaces and angular meanders
Thinnly cast mirror with narrow rim and bridge-shaped knob, back decorated with interlaces of serpentine and angular meaders, front side polished flat
Collection Object
Vajra bell (Lontjeng) (one of a pair)
This is one of a pair of Javanese bells. A talon-like vajra sits atop the bronze handle. Lotus petals decorate the base, and the faces encircling the the bell above them depict Prajnaparamita, the bodhisattva aspect of “Perfection of Wisdom.”
Collection Object
Mother©
This is a line drawing on white paper a ladder in the center, with the word "Mother" below it followed by the copyright symbol.
Collection Object
Rife HISTART 497 2022

Resource with 12 media
F23 Susan Erickson ARTH 311 Chinese Art

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Created by
Susan N Erickson
Last Updated
May 25, 2022 1:58 p.m.

13 Items in this Learning Collection
Solitary Bird Perched on a Banana Plant
This painting depicts a solitary bird perched on a tropical banana plant. There are inscriptions and signature of the artist on the upper left-hand corner: &quot;A farewell gift for Mr. Katsuizumi, as he goes south. Baishi.&quot;
Collection Object
Peach Blossom Spring
In this fan painting mounted as an album leaf, a fishing boat is moored at shore. Water stretches to the right, and above it calligraphic text recounting the story of Peach Blossom Spring. To the left of the boat, are green riverbanks, blossoming peach trees, and a man in a small cave.
Collection Object
Bird on a Bamboo Branch
The lower section of the fan has rocks and grasses with mushrooms and several daffodils in bloom. A bird white bird with black face and blue head sits on a thin branch that is coming down from the upper left section of the fan. 
Collection Object
Duck and Lotus
In this large scroll Gao depicts a duck swimming among aquatic plants in the shade of a cluster of lotus.
Collection Object
Autumn Colors at Mount Yu

Collection Object
Bamboo and Rocks
A vertical hanging scroll on white fabric. The image is in black ink on faded paper. A bamboo tree occupies most of the space. A signature is located in the middle on the left of the painting.
Collection Object
Landscape with Geese
Sweeping brushstrokes of varying intensity convey the general landscape of this painting. More detailed brushwork is used to illustrate eight geese flying low amoung plants or reeds.
Collection Object
Mountain Freshet, Wind and Rain
A fan mounted as an album leaf. Writing on the mounting is an identification statement of the Song dynasty fan painting. The landscape depicted trees growing from rocks at the lake shore. The waves are whipping the shore due to a rain storm.
Collection Object
Scholar with Roosters
This large painting of a scholar and two roosters. The scholar sits with books piled behind him, while the roosters below crane their necks to look back at him. The calligraphy on the top right reads:<br /> Would Your Excellency, my dear friend Xiaoting, kindly point out the inadequacies of this work? Ren Yi [a.k.a.] Bonian<br /> There are also two seals of the artist and one collectors seal.
Collection Object
Nuwa Repairing the Columns that Support the Earth

Collection Object
Crabs
The painting depicts two crabs with aquatic plants. The artist signed his pen name, Qi Huang, and sealed another pen name, Wood Hermit.
Collection Object
Summer Retreat
This is a very dense landscape painting. There are waterfalls, clouds, trees and cliffs present in the painting. The colors consist of muted greens and browns. Towards the lower half of the painting, there is a view of an interior with four figures present, three of which are sitting at a low table. There is a staircase on the lower right, with a man standing on it, looking upwards. There is also a house on a cliff towards the upper right of the painting. There is calligraphy in the upper right hand corner, with a red seal. There is another red seal, although a bit faded, in the lower left corner of the image.
Collection Object
Crane on a Pine Branch

Collection Object
27 Items in this Learning Collection
Jar
This light reddish-buff earthenware <em>guan (</em>罐) jar has a wide globular upper body and a conical lower body on a narrow flat base with a narrow neck and flaring rim. There are two diametrically opposed lug handles at the waist. Painted on the upper half of the body with black pigment are a network of rhomboid shapes, hatch-marks and dots confined within solid band borders, with a lobed line border below.  Around the neck are a painted "X" design, hatch marks and a lobed border to the interior.  
Collection Object
Footed Pottery Jar with Red Geometric Design

Collection Object
Short Necked Vase

Collection Object
Mother Goddess
This black terracotta is broken at the waste and depicts a simple body decorated with globs of clay decorated with punch-marked decorations. The face is modeled a bit more realistically with wide-open eyes and a full mouth. The front of her hair is in a series of rounded ball-like curls and a circular starburst decoration is at the top. The other oval globs frame the face of the goddess and cascade down what is left of her body.<br />
Collection Object
Buddha, standing, in double abhaya mudra and dressed in royal attire
Gilded brass (or gilded copper alloy) standing Buddha on lotus pedestal with both hands raised in abhaya mudra.
Collection Object
The Daibutsu (Great Buddha) at Kamakura
The daibutsu, or giant buddha, statue takes up the bulk of the pictorial space. Curving upwards and towards the statue is a large pine. At the feet of the green hued daibutsu statue are three women of different generations: a young girl, an adult woman, and an elderly woman. Although a few clouds hover in the sky, the sun appears to be shining brightly, casting some shadows of nearby trees into the picture.
Collection Object
Bodhisattva (Jokaisho Bosatsu): esoteric Buddhist iconographic drawing
An illustration of the bodhisattva Jokaishō, the divine figure is seated on a lotus blossom venerating a reliquary. The figure sits cross-legged on a red lotus blossom, while beneath the figure is a blue sutra box on a green and yellow lotus. The image is depicted with largely even "iron-wire" lines typical of Heian period Buddhist painting. 
Collection Object
Ragamala series: Ragini Patamanjari
A female figure with her two attendants is shown in the bottom left of the image; a male figure appears in the window above, also accompanied by a female attendant who appears to be in conversation with him. The male holds a small flower in his hand--possibly a rose. The architectural space is divided skilfully, with distinct scenes or motifs taking place in each quadrant of the depicted scene.
Collection Object
Ragamala series: Ragini Gujari
A lady plays a musical instrument (most probably the rudra vina) in the center-left of the composition. Within the palace setting are also two attendants--one standing with a fly whisk above her mistress's head, the other seated in the right edge of the picture. A peacock with his feathers on full display is depicted in the center-left of the image, amidst the action enveloping the female figures. Utensils are placed on the staircase below the scene.
Collection Object
Red Raku ware tea bowl with imprinted leaf designs
This rustic, earth tone ceramic tea bowl has a rough, natural feeling texture. Impressed into the outer sides of the tea bowl are the imprints of pine needles.
Collection Object
Stupa: Hyakuman tô (one of one million pagodas)
Wooden miniture model of a tower, comprised of a round base, a bar in the middle where three larger discs and six or seven small discs are inserted. A bulb-shaped ornament rests on top.
Collection Object
Ewer with Silver Fittings
A porcelain ewer with a cylindrical body on a foot ring and a tall, narrow neck. It has a flat, wide, ear-shaped handle, covered with underglaze blue floral meander and clear glaze, and a replacement silver spout and domed lid.
Collection Object
Covered Jar
This is a squat stoneware jar with a wide globular shoulder on a narrow foot ring. Lotus petal lappets surround the base, and a peony scroll relief surrounds the body. The jar has a domed lid top with a wide flange and a ball knob; the area between is incised with scrolling meander. The object is covered in an olive green celadon glaze.
Collection Object
Platter with an inscription from a Hadith [a saying of the Prophet Muhammad], signed by Ali ibn al-Hajj Muhammad
A blue and white platter. White porcellanous body with painting in blue under a clear glaze slightly tinged with blue-green.
Collection Object
Fragment of box lid
This fragment of a stoneware box lid has straight sides with a shoulder curving to a flat top. The lid has a finely detailed dragon in relief inside a twisted rope roundel border against a ground of finely incised floral meander, covered in a light gray celadon glaze. 
Collection Object
Thirty-six Immortal Poets: Taira no Kanemori
A male figure is sitting sideways, his face looking toward the front right. He wears a long black cap, a red under-kimono, a grayish-color jacket with geometric patterns, and right gray color pantaloons. He holds a fan, which is peeking from the right sleeve. The painting is accompanied by calligraphy on the right side of the figure. The painting is mounted on gold brocade with strips of purple and gold brocade on top and bottom of the painting.
Collection Object
Padmasambhava in Yabyum (Divine Union)
A woodblock print on paper; the block was quite worn when the print was made, resulting in an impression of poor quality.
Collection Object
Shakya Senge: Padmasambhava as a young monk
A woodblock print on paper; the block was quite worn, resulting in broken or smudged lines.
Collection Object
Bodhisattva Mañjusri
A woodblock print, with monochromatic black ink. The impression is good, especially given the detail of the design, although the block appears to have been worn at the outside edges.
Collection Object
Tibetan monk-scholar: print from inside conch trumpet
A woodblock print on paper, with large tears at the upper right hand and lower left hand corners, much abraded. Formerly placed insite the conch trumpet 1982/2.42 as a talisman.
Collection Object
Amitabha (Ch. Amitofou) rescues sailors at sea

Collection Object
Autumn Colors at Mount Yu

Collection Object
Buzurjmihr Interprets a Dream for Nushirwan, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
This Persian miniature is attributed to the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene, <em>Buzurjmihr Interprets a Dream for Nushirwan</em>, is part of the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings. 
Collection Object
Mirror with serpentine interlaces and angular meanders
Thinnly cast mirror with narrow rim and bridge-shaped knob, back decorated with interlaces of serpentine and angular meaders, front side polished flat
Collection Object
Vajra bell (Lontjeng) (one of a pair)
This is one of a pair of Javanese bells. A talon-like vajra sits atop the bronze handle. Lotus petals decorate the base, and the faces encircling the the bell above them depict Prajnaparamita, the bodhisattva aspect of “Perfection of Wisdom.”
Collection Object
Mother©
This is a line drawing on white paper a ladder in the center, with the word "Mother" below it followed by the copyright symbol.
Collection Object
Rife HISTART 497 2022

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Autumn Colors at Mount Yu

Accession Number
1966/2.30

Title
Autumn Colors at Mount Yu

Artist(s)
Wang Hui

Artist Nationality
Chinese (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
circa 1700

Medium & Support
ink and color on silk

Dimensions
15 1/2 in. x 8 ft. 1 1/16 in. (39.35 x 246.4 cm)

Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

Label copy
Wang Hui
China, 1632–1717

Autumn Colors at Mount Yu
Qing dynasty (1644–1912)
ca. 1700
Handscroll, ink and color on silk
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret
Watson Parker Art Collection Fund, 1966/2.3
Wang Hui was born into a family of
artists in Changshu, about ninety-three
miles northwest of present-day Shanghai.
He studied under Wang Jian (whose
paintings are also on view in this gallery),
and later Wang Shiming, and became
known as one of the “Four Wangs.” His
style drew heavily from the painters of
the Tang (618–907), Song (960–1279),
and Yuan (1271–1368) dynasties and
followed the orthodox Southern School
of painting developed by the art theorist
and painter Dong Qichang (1555–1636).
Wang Hui was one of the preeminent
early eighteenth-century painters of
the lower Yangzi River region. In this
handscroll, Mount Yu towers above
his hometown. The sheer vertical cliffs
above the ascending path is a site
known as “Sword Gate,” still visible in
Changshu. Wang was so enchanted by
this place that he adopted the nickname
“Woodcutter at the Sword Gate.”

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Primary Object Type
handscroll

Additional Object Classification(s)
Painting

Collection Area
Western

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