Plum Blossoms

Maker Chen Hongshou (1768–1822)

Artist Chen Mansheng

Artist Hung-shou, Ch'eng

Artist AKA 3 Chen Hongshou (1768–1822)

Datelate 18th or early 19th century

MediumHanging scroll: ink on paper

Dimensions34 1/2 x 12 inches (87.6 x 30.5 cm)

CultureChina

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineAcquired through the Museum Associates Purchase Fund

Terms

Paintings
Scroll
Hanging scroll
Ink
Flower petals
Flowers
Inscriptions
Plum blossoms
Seasons
Spring
Tree branches
Winter
Paper

Object number74.074.001

Label CopyChen Hongshou, also known as Chen Mansheng, was a native of Qiantangjiang, Zhejiang province. Classified as one of the Eight Masters of Xiling, he was admired for his paintings of orchid, bamboo, and plum blossoms. While serving as an official in Yixing, he met the skilled teapot- makers Yang Pengnian and his sister. From them Chen learned to make the kind of purple-clay teapots Yixing is famed for. The plum trees in this work are arranged in a creative and balanced composition, and represent a natural and free style using the circled-petal approach. Small circles were made quickly with the tip of the brush to create the outline of the plum petals.

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