Wên Wang [Wen Wang] Searching on the Wei River for Jiang Sheng [Chiang Sheng]

Provenance Inscription Credit

Provenance Panama-Pacific International Exposition, China Pavilion, San Francisco, 1915 [no. 343]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Inscription] Large inscription mounted separately; [Seal] Two seals mounted separately; [Seal] Two seals on painting; [Inscription] At end of painting; [Inscription] Long inscription separately mounted at end.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1915

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Creator

Chinese (Artist)

Period

17th-18th century

Medium

colors on silk mounted on paper back with ivory jiku
(Painting & Drawing)

Accession Number

35.47

Measurements

H: 10 3/4 x L: 131 3/16 in. (27.3 x 333.2 cm)

Geographies

China (Place of Origin)
China, Wei River, Shaanxi (Place Depicted)

Location Within Museum

Not On View