The confidence and boldness displayed by the large characters of this fan epitomize Lizong's late style. Written when the emperor was fifty-six years old, the fan is his latest extant dated work.
The couplet, from a poem entitled "Farewell to Yuan Shen on His Return to Jiangdong" by Han Hong (act. ca. 766-80), a well-known Tang dynasty poet, brings to mind the scenery around the Southern Song capital:
The sounds of the tide rise at noon; The greens of the mountains are deepest in the south.
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2. Yu Shaosong 余紹宋 (1882–1949), 2 columns in standard script, dated 1935; 1 seal (Leaf C):
乙亥春仲游廣州，獲觀於香氏夢詩廬，平生之幸。龍游余紹宋記。 [印]： 余紹宋
Collectors' seals
Pan Zhengwei 潘正煒 (1791–1850) 季彤審定 (Leaf A, B) 墨緣書屋鑑藏 (Leaf B)
Pan Yanling 潘延齡 (19th c.) 曾藏潘健庵處 (Leaf A)
Yu Shaosong 余紹宋 (1882–1949) 越園審定 (Leaf B)
Xiang Hanping 香翰屏 (1890–1978) 曾藏香氏夢詩廬 (Leaf A)
He Lifu 何麗甫 (late 19th or 20th c.) 麗圃墨緣 (Leaf C) 麗圃心賞 (Leaf B)
He Guanwu 何冠五 (20th c.) 冠五清賞(Leaf B) 田溪書屋鋻藏(Leaf B)
Gu Luofu 顧洛阜 (John M. Crawford, Jr., 1913–1988) 顧洛阜 (Leaf A, B, C) 漢光閣 (Leaf A, B, C)
Illegible: 1
[1] The couplet is from Han Hong’s 韓翃 (active mid-8th c.) “送元詵還江東”. Translation from Wen C. Fong, Beyond Representation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy 8th-14th Century, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992. p. 238.
[2] Label strip to the set of twelve imperial calligraphy fans (1989.363.6-7, 9, 11-13, 18-23).
Marking:
John M. Crawford Jr. American, New York (until d. 1988; bequeathed to MMA)
London. Victoria and Albert Museum. "Chinese Painting and Calligraphy from the Collection of John M. Crawford, Jr.," June 17, 1965–August 1, 1965.
New York. China House Gallery. "Masterpieces of Song and Yuan Dynasty Calligraphy from the John M. Crawford Jr. Collection," October 21, 1981–January 31, 1982.
Lawrence. Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas. "Masterpieces of Song and Yuan Dynasty Calligraphy from the John M. Crawford Jr. Collection," March 14, 1982–May 2, 1982.
Zurich. Museum Rietberg. "The Mandate of Heaven: Emperors and Artists in China," April 2, 1996–July 7, 1996.
Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. "The Mandate of Heaven: Emperors and Artists in China," August 3, 1996–November 10, 1996.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The New Chinese Galleries: An Inaugural Installation," 1997.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection," September 15, 2000–January 7, 2001.
New York. China Institute in America. "West Lake and the Mapping of Southern Song Art," September 13, 2001–December 9, 2001.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Brush and Ink: The Chinese Art of Writing," September 2, 2006–January 21, 2007.
Shih Shou-ch'ien, Maxwell K. Hearn, and Alfreda Murck. The John M. Crawford, Jr., Collection of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Checklist. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984, pp. 18, 20, cat. no. 28.
Fong, Wen C. Beyond Representation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 8th–14th Century. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992, p. 236, pl. 37.
Pan Zhengwei 潘正煒. Tingfan Lou xuke shuhua ji 聼帆樓續刻書畫記 (Sequel to catalogue of calligraphies and paintings recorded at the Tingfan Lou Studio). Preface dated 1849. Reprinted in Zhongguo shuhua quanshu 中國書畫全書. Edited by Lu Fusheng 盧輔聖. Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 1993–2000, vol. 11, p. 892.
Lee, Hui-shu. Exquisite Moments: West Lake & Southern Song Art. Exh. cat. New York: China Institute in America, 2001, p. 103, cat. no. 22.
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