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Shen Zhou (attributed to)
Flowers falling (落花圖 唐寅落花诗) (18th century)
ink and pigments on paper
31.0 × 730.8 cm (image)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1956
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Flowers falling
(落花圖 唐寅落花诗)
(18th century)
Medium
ink and pigments on paper
Measurements
31.0 × 730.8 cm (image)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1956
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
China
Inscription
inscribed in brush and ink (in zhuanshu seal script) (in image) c.r.:
inscribed in brush and ink (in image) c.r.: 壬 申 长春 / 孫 星 衍
stamped in red ink (in zhuanshu seal script) c.r.:
inscribed in brush and ink (in Chinese characters) (in image) l.c.l.:
Accession Number
1703-D4
Department
Asian Art
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Physical description
The handscroll is read from right to left as one unrolls the scroll. The river landscape is depicted with a group of trees or forest cut off at the top of the painting and rocks in the foreground. Scattering blue and pink dots among the trees probably evoke flowers falling. A scholar is sitting in a boat near the beginning of the handscroll. The landscape is very calm and sparse. It is painted with soft ink wash in the style of 18th century although at the same time it is evocative of the style of SHEN Zhou. The painting has no inscription but quite a number of red seals.
The calligraphy of the poem `flowers falling’ is also written in a style of calligraphy that is evocative of the style of SHEN Zhou. It is inscribed ` Eighty –three [years old] old man SHEN Zhou’. The calligraphy follows the painting of the river landscape in the handscroll.