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Painting
Landscape with Figures (hanging scroll)
Chien Wei Ch'eng
Ch'eng, Chien Wei
China
Male
41 3/16 x 14 3/8 in. (104.6 x 36.5 cm)
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18th century, Chinese, landscapes, paintings, scrolls
Painting
At the lower right and center of this painting, a group of figures wait at a riverbank for the boat that will ferry them. The river, located at the base of a mountain range and fed by the large waterfall at the center, courses throughout the lower half of the painting. At the top right, a poem suggesting similar imagery reads
By the end of autumn, clouds and woods are not dense
The lotus flowers when open emit a pure perfume in the night
The moss is wet when the rain falls and the cool breath gives the roaring of the waves
The folded sail in the sunlight along the shore is shadowed on the bund
The ferryman with white head knows from a distance his passenger’s names.
Along with its beautiful imagery, this kakemono, or hanging scroll, shows clearly the imperfect science of attributing, dating and authenticating such works of art. Several scholars have examined the scroll since its arrival at the museum almost 60 years ago; each has a different opinion. Some believe it an authentic work by the artist; others think it a legitimate 19th-century copy of an earlier work; and some dismiss it as a 20th-century forgery.
[Gallery label text, 2006]
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