Beautiful Woman Presenting Longevity OR Female Immortal with Day Lilies
1465-1509
2004.2
Not currently on view
Artwork Details
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Dimensions
56-5/8 x 27 in. (image) 104-1/2 x 33-13/16 in. (overall)
Dynasty
Mark Description
Signed: Yueqiao xianshi | seal: Chengju Du Jin Colophons: Cheng Tianzai [unidentified, but with seals of caoting, Ziyuan; & Longshan daoren) and Gu Kexue (d. 1560)
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Credit Line
Purchased to complement the Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lilly Collection of Chinese art through the bequest of Mrs. Enid Goodrich and the support of Lilly Endowment Inc.
Copyright
Collection
Asian Art (Chinese and other Asian)
Color Palette
Provenance
Wu Yun [1811-1883]. Luo Zhen yu [1866-1940]. Usui Ryushi [1829-1916].{1} Yamamoto Teijiro [1867-1937]; Fujii Yurikan Museum, Kyoto; (James Freeman, Kyoto); purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2004. {1} box inscription
Gallery Labels
美人獻壽 or 西王母介壽圖
Among the various symbolic meanings of the lily in China are longevity, abundance, and summer. Its name in Chinese, băihé 百合, implies “100,” as in multiplying fortune a hundredfold, or a marriage or life lasting a hundred years.
From the comments on the painting by Gu Kexue 顧可學 of the early 1500s, we know this was painted for the birthday celebration of a friend’s mother.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Wu School and the Three Perfections
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
April 16, 2016 - July 24, 2016
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