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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