Reminiscences of Qinhuai River

1642–1707

Shitao

Shitao (Chinese, 1642–1707)

Chinese Art

Reminiscences of Qinhuai River, 1642–1707. Shitao (Chinese, 1642–1707). Album of eight leaves, ink and color on Song paper; image: 25.5 x 20.2 cm (10 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.); overall: 33 x 24.3 cm (13 x 9 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1966.31

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Shitao
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: Album of eight leaves, ink and color on Song paper
Medium: album, leaves, ink, color, song, paper
Dimensions: Image: 25.5 x 20.2 cm (10 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Overall: 33 x 24.3 cm (13 x 9 9/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: 大滌尊者濟 [印]原濟; 石濤 Translation: Artist's signature and 2 seals on Leaf 3 (previously leaf C), 1966.31.1: Da di zun zhe, Ji [seals] Yuanji; Shitao. Inscription: 沿溪四十九迴折，搜盡秦淮六代奇。/ 雪霽東山誰着屐，風高西壑自成詩。/ 應憐孤冷長無伴，其剩槎牙只幾枝。/ 滿地落花春未了，酸心如豆耐人思。/ 仲賓先生以宋紙十幅寄余真州命畫。因憶昔時秦淮探梅聚首之地，寫此就教。清湘石濤濟道人。[印]原濟; 石濤. Translation: Artist's inscription, signature, and 2 seals on Leaf 8 (previously leaf H), 1966.31.8: Along the stream there were forty-nine bends./ Where we searched out the Qinhuai’s wonders over six dynasties./ As snow clearing in the Eastern Hill, who came wearing wooden clogs?/ As wind blowing high in the Western Ravine, who allowed the poem to complete itself?/ Let us take pity on the cold solitary [plum], devoid of any companions./ With only a few branches remaining [as viewed from the boat]./ The falling flowers fill the ground while Spring is yet to end./ A soured heart, tight as a bean, can endure lasting thoughts. / Master Zhongbin sent me ten pieces of Song paper while I was in Zhenzhou [Yizheng 儀徵, a city southwest of Yangzhou] and requested paintings from me. I recalled those places in Qinhuai where we got together in search of blossoming plums. I painted these [leaves] to seek his advice. [Signed] Shitao Ji Daoren of Qingxiang. [seals] Yuanji; Shitao. Inscription: 2 colophons and 15 additional seals: 1 colophon, dated 1937, and 1 seal of Wu Huayuan 吳華源 (1893–1972); 1 colophon, dated 1938, and 2 seals of Wu Hufan 吳湖帆 (1894–1968); 1 seal of C. C. Wang 王季遷 (1907–2003); 11 seals unidentified.
Departments: Chinese Art
Accession Number: 1966.31
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Exhibitions: Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions, Paintings by Tao-chi, Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, Visions of Landscape: East and West, Images of the Mind, Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection, <em>The Painting of Tao-Chi, 1641-Ca. 1720</em>. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (August 13-September 17, 1967).
Rights Statement: CC0