Artwork
Landscape
Artist
Jieting
(Chinese)
DepartmentAsian Art
CultureChina
Date1927
MediumInk and colors on silk
Dimensions73 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (186.7 × 64.8 cm)
Image only: 38 × 21 in. (96.5 × 53.3 cm)
Image only: 38 × 21 in. (96.5 × 53.3 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art in memory of Col. Raymond C. Cheal
Object number2021.10.2
DescriptionThis fine landscape scroll portrays a summer scene. A green tiled pavilion, built on an elevated base, overlooks an expanse of waters, occupied by several sampans. Fisherman are busy with their catching. Under the pavilion, four diminutive figures in long robes, seem engaging in a conversation while enjoying the beautiful scenes. Viewer’s visual journey continues to the middle ground, where a spring emerges from behind a hill and rushes into the lake. Further into the distance, a group of houses and a pavilion nestle on a flat ground. Summer mist shrouds towering mountains that dominate the upper portion of the scroll. Lush trees and vegetation evoke the summer season.
Very little is known about the artist Jieting, other than he was from Changshu, Jiangsu province, near Shanghai. He was active in the first half of the 20th century.
Label TextThis fine scroll portrays a summer scene: in the foreground, an elevated pavilion sheltered by lush, tall trees overlooks an expanse of lake while fisherman on sampans are busy catching fish. Small figures in the pavilion are engaging in conversation while taking in the landscape. In the middle of the composition, a spring surges into the lake from behind the hills. Further into the distance, mist shrouds the towering mountains that dominate the upper portion of the scroll. Little is known about the artist, other than he was from Changshu, near Shanghai, and was active in the first half of the twentieth century.ProvenanceInscriptionsXian yuan yong quan ('Gushing Spring from a Devine Source") June of Dingmao Year JietingSignedJietingMarkingsRed seal stamp "jieting"
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