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Fishermen Hermits in River Country

Artist:
Unidentified Artist Chinese, 19th or 20th century
Date:
19th or 20th century
Culture:
China
Medium:
Handscroll; ink on silk
Dimensions:
Image: 12 1/8 x 187 1/8 in. (30.8 x 475.3 cm)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit Line:
From the Collection of A. W. Bahr, Purchase, Fletcher Fund, 1947
Accession Number:
47.18.121
Not on view
Signature: Signed and inscribed:
Fang Zhongmei xiansheng bi fa. Shi Zhijeng san nian shi yue wang ri, Sheng Mou. [After the style of Mr. Zhongmei (Chen Lin, act. ca. 1260–80). Done on the fifteenth day of the tenth month of Zhizheng third year (1343), Sheng Mou]. trans. by J. Cahill

Seals:
1. Sheng Mou
2. Zizhao [zi]
3, 4. undeciphered
[ A. W. Bahr , until 1947; sold to MMA]

Timelines
Central and North Asia, 1800-1900 A.D.
Central and North Asia, 1900 A.D.-present
China, 1800-1900 A.D.
China, 1900 A.D.-present

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