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Guan Yu,

1849 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)

after Gao Qipei 高其佩 , painter, 1672–1734
Lao Bingshen 勞丙坤, carving agent, active late Qing dynasty
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1958-252

Information

Title
Guan Yu
Dates

1849 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)

Maker

Gao Qipei 高其佩

Lao Bingshen 勞丙坤

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink rubbing on paper
Dimensions
image: 112 x 63 cm. (44 1/8 x 24 13/16 in.) 130.8 x 68 cm. (51 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George Rowley
Object Number
y1958-252
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Lao Bingshen 勞丙坤 (late Qing dynasty) (the character 堃 is a variant form of 坤), zi: Youfeng 又峰. 余試禮部得且園尚書所繪 帝像供奉二十年矣，今就養來定，適定之紳士謀刻詩竹 聖蹟，余聞之曰能與此相同刻，益令人瞻仰耳。僉曰善。乃属杏莊姪恭撫上，石鎸而搨之，以一像化作千萬像家祀戶祝焉，庶幾 神威鎮夫中山，褔佑普於大州矣。 道光己酉[1849]初秋古越勞丙堃謹記
Marks/Labels/Seals
Rubbing seals: Lao Bingshen 勞丙坤 “Lao Bingshen yin” 勞丙坤印, sq. relief “Youfeng shi” 又峰氏, sq. intaglio
Description
Guan Yu 關羽 (ca. 160-220), also known as Guan Di 關帝, was a loyal general serving under the warlord Liu Bei 劉備 (161-223) during the late Eastern Han dynasty. His achievements were glorified after his death to the extent that he was deified during the Sui dynasty and became a paradigm of loyalty and righteousness. He is portrayed standing facing to the right wearing a sword on his belt with his right hand on his hip and left on his chest under his long beard. According to the inscription by the official Lao Bingshen, on the left, this image follows a painting by Gao Qipei that he had acquired. The pictorial stone from which this rubbing was taken is the back side of a stele carved in 1849 hat is presently in the Dingzhou Stone Inscriptions Museum 定州石刻館, Dingzhou, Hubei province. The stele front is carved with a picture pf bamboo in wind and rain, which was said originally to have been painted in red ink by Guan Yu.
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
rubbings
Subject
men, figures (representations)

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