General and His Flowers

Creator:

Shen Zhou 沈周, 1427-1509

Published/Created:

undated

Physical Description:

27.3 x 61 cm
folding fan mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on paper

Notes:

Inscribed poem: The Great General has a loyal red heart,/ He plants flowers that also face the sun./ In his introspection he sits in front of the flowers,/ both he and the flowers share the imperial grace.

Variant Titles:

栽花图

Topics:

Painting -- China -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- (YVRC)

Accession Number:

2893-072

Genre:

paintings: fan paintings (YVRC)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Paintings & Drawings

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Jade Studio: Masterpieces of Ming and Qing Painting and Calligraphy from the Wong Nan-p'ing Collection (Yale University Art Gallery, Exh. Cat.), 1994, pl. 5

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection, Asian Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Collection of Wong Nan-p'ing

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 199015

OID:

469525

PID:

digcoll:2242919