Exchange: Kening Li calligraphy class visit

Kening Li calligraphy class visit

The painting depicts an orchid on the left, with calligraphical texts on the right-hand half. Paper is faded, and ink is black.

Shitao (Shih-t'ao)
Orchid and Colophon
1644 – 1707
ink | paper
Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection
1955/2.12

Calligraphy of a poem written in running script and including three artist's seals and the artist's signature.

Shitao (Shih-t'ao)
Ode on a Wanli-era Imperial Brush
1705
ink | paper
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1965/2.75

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The large character for snow in block script is juxtaposed with lines of smaller characters in running script. The large character is drawn with unhurried, thick, even strokes in dense, unbroken black ink with blunt contours, while the smaller characters are brushed rapidly, with strokes of varying thickness, a pronounced diagonal tilt, and sharp edges.

Muan Xingtao
Snow: calligraphy scroll
1655 – 1675
ink | paper
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1986/1.205

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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.

Qiu Ying
Peach Blossom Spring
1542
ink and color | gold paper
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1976/1.212

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Jin Nong
Lotus Blossom, one of a pair of album leaves
album leaf, ink and color on paper
11 3/16 in x 12 3/16 in (28.42 cm x 30.96 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

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The painting depicts several daylily flowers in pale yellow leaning over to the left with their long, dark green leaves curled toward the ground. An inscription runs three lines along the right side of the painting. <br /><br />
This work is a pair of album leaves with 1996/2.28.

Jin Nong
Daylilies
ink and color on paper
11 3/8 in x 12 1/4 in (28.89 cm x 31.12 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles C.S. Ling, in memory of Vee Ling Edwards

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