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46-7/16 x 8-1/16 in. (image) 85-1/8 x 14-9/16 in. (installedl)
Period
Dynasty
Mark Description
Signed: painted in Xuepu's grass hut by Tang Yin of Wuqu Seal: Wuqu Seal: Tang Bohu Seal: Meng mo ting Inscribed: The lamplight, illuminating (my) bed like a frame, overwhelms the evening rain.By the rustic man's fence, the autumn gusts blow.
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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.
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Asian Art (Chinese and other Asian)
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Provenance
N.Y. private collection. Purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2004
Gallery Labels
秋樹豆藤
The desolate sense of Tang’s verse contrasts sharply with the light, lovely image of autumn leaves and a pea vine: 燈火連床滝夜雨, 野人籬落有秋風
Lamplight frames my bed while the night rain cascades, The autumn wind blows on the rustic man’s tumbledown fence.
Yet Tang is responding to a Tang dynasty poem by Li Ying (active about 850) that describes a bucolic scene of lotuses in an autumn pond and garlands of pea flowers on a rustic, dilapidated fence.
Through the medium of ink Tang achieved a wonderful combination of elegant image and lyrical sentiment expressed in fine calligraphy.
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