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Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men,
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Liu Songnian 劉松年, copy of, active ca. 1150–after 1200

Chinese

y1946-180 b

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Title

Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men

Dates

undated

Maker

Liu Songnian 劉松年

Medium

Album leaf; ink and color on silk

Dimensions

Painting: 29.3 x 44.3 cm. (11 9/16 x 17 7/16 in.) Leaf: 67.5 x 56.5 cm. (26 9/16 x 22 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893

Object Number

y1946-180 b

Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription

Inscriptions by Ke Jiusi. Plus 2 colophons by Zheng Yuanyou, Yu Ji, and Zhang Yu on 2 leaves; ink on paper

Culture

Chinese

Type

paintings, chinese painting styles, albums

Subject

men, courtyards, figures (representations)

1898 – ca. 1926 acquired in China by DuBois Schanck Morris (1873-1956), based in Anhui, China; 1946 gift to Princeton University Art Museum

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Chinese, Liu Songnian 劉松年, copy of (active ca. 1150–after 1200), Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men, undated. Album leaf; ink and color on silk; 29.3 x 44.3 cm (Painting), 67.5 x 56.5 cm (Leaf). Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893 (y1946-180 b) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/61721

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