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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
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

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