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Partial transcription of Yan Zhenqing’s Preface to Farewell to Liu Taichong (Song Liu Taichong xu); Painting of plum blossoms and rocks after Chen Hongshou

Li Jian Chinese
Undated, 1940s
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 216
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.
The lower fan is a painting of plum blossoms after the seventeenth-century painter Chen Hongshou. Li dedicated it to “my esteemed little brother Binru,” using one of Wen Fong’s early nicknames.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 現代　李健　行書節錄顔真卿送劉太冲序，仿陳洪綬梅石圖　扇頁二幅
  • Title:
    Partial transcription of Yan Zhenqing’s Preface to Farewell to Liu Taichong (Song Liu Taichong xu); Painting of plum blossoms and rocks after Chen Hongshou
  • Artist:
    Li Jian (1881/1882–1956)
  • Date:
    Undated, 1940s
  • Culture:
    China
  • Medium:
    Two folding fans mounted on an album leaf; ink on paper and ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions:
    Overall with mounting (closed): 13 3/8 × 25 1/4 in. (34 × 64.1 cm)
    Overall with mounting (open): 26 11/16 × 25 1/4 in. (67.8 × 64.1 cm)
  • Classification:
    Paintings
  • Credit Line:
    Lent by Constance and Wen Fong Collection
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art