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The Qingming [Ch'ing-ming] Festival

Chinese (Artist)

18th century (Qing)

ink and colors on silk and gold-splashed paper
(China )

This is a copy of--or a variation upon--one of the most famous of all Chinese handscrolls, a depiction of life along the Yellow River in the Song-dynasty capital of Kaifeng, painted in 1120. During the time of the Qingming festival, which occurs in late March or early April, people visit their family graves. The painter Qiu Ying (1494-1552) made a copy of the original scroll, and a number of later versions bear his name.

Spurious signature of Qiu Ying.

Inscription

[Inscription] 清明上河圖丙戌春三月榢翁題; [Signature] Spurious signature at end: Wu meng Qiu Ying zhi [Wu meng Ch'iu Ying chih] (Qiu Ying [Ch'iu Ying], 1494/1495-1552); [Seal] Spurious seal at end: Qiu Ying_yin [Ch'iu Ying_yin]; [Inscription] Frontispiece, in clerical script, by Chia Ong (unidentified), dated 3rd month, bingxu [ping hsu] (1945 (?)); [Inscription] Colophon, author unidentified.

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.**

Laurance and Isabel Roberts, New York, 1939, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1991, by gift.

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Measurements

H: 255 1/16 x W: 12 15/16 in. (647.8 x 32.8 cm); Paper H: 11 1/2 x L: 47 3/8 in. (29.2 x 120.3 cm); Text H: 12 1/16 x L: 19 3/8 in. (30.6 x 49.2 cm)

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Gift of Laurance and Isabel Roberts, 1991

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Not on view

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35.175

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The Qingming [Ch'ing-ming] Festival

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Provenance Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

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Measurements

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Location in Museum

Accession Number In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

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Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.**

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.