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Details
BADA SHANREN (1626-1705)
MYNA BIRDS AND ROCKS
Hanging scroll, ink on silk
151.5 x 41.2 cm. (59 2/3 x 16 1/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed: Bada Shanren
Dated seventh day, seventh month, gengwu year (1690)
Two seals of the artist: Ba Da Shan Ren, Ba Da Shan Ren
MYNA BIRDS AND ROCKS
Hanging scroll, ink on silk
151.5 x 41.2 cm. (59 2/3 x 16 1/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed: Bada Shanren
Dated seventh day, seventh month, gengwu year (1690)
Two seals of the artist: Ba Da Shan Ren, Ba Da Shan Ren
Literature
Hachidai sanjin gafu (The Paintings of Bada Shanren), Tokyo, 1940, pl.2
Suzuki, Kei, ed., Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Paintings, Far East Cultural Research Institute, Tokyo University, 1983, Vol. 4, no. JP34-053, p. 391
Wang Fangyu, Richard Barnhart, and Judith Smith ed., Master of the Lotus Garden, Yale University Press, 1990, pp. 66, 112-114, and 221
Exhibited
Master of the Lotus Garden: The Life and Art of Bada Shanren (1626-1705), Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, California, August 22 - October 28, 1990; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, U.S.A., January 25 - March 24, 1991