{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"37550"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Acquired through the Museum Acquisition Fund"},"labelText":{"label":"More Information","value":"Dong Bangda received the jinshi degree in 1733 and eventually served as president of the Board of Rites under the Qianlong emperor (r. 1736-95). One of his responsibilities involved working with the commission that compiled three major catalogs of the imperial art collection. Dong¿s firsthand experience with the collection led him to copy a number of the paintings by earlier masters.This small album presents eight intimate landscapes in the orthodox style. Leaf one, shown here, depicts a scholar and his servant, who carries a wrapped qin (zither), walking toward a temple."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"72.112"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Accordian-style album of eight paintings; each leaf showing a landscape in the style of Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322) or the Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty. Thematic subject may be the Eight Views of Xia and Xiang Rivers.  Even, restrained, and dry brushstrokes accompanied by pale ink wash; orderly and quiet vignettes of unspecified temple grounds, riverscapes with a solitary figure, rugged highlands, thatched cottage next to a bamboo grove, and a deserted rustic hut in the manner of Ni Zan (1301-1374).  Inscription: \"Respectfully painted by Dong Bangda during the 21st to the 30th day of the seventh month in the year kui mao (1783) of the Qianlong period (1736-96).\""},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Album leaves: ink and colors on paper"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":["72.112_z0009ab_009","72.112_z0009ab_010","72.112_z0009ab_011","72.112_z0009ab_012","72.112_z0009ab_013","72.112_z0009ab_014","72.112_z0009ab_015","72.112_z0009ab_016"]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Album of landscapes"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Paintings"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker / Culture","value":"Dong Bangda"},"primaryMedia":{"value":"https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/71676/full"},"culture":{"label":"Culture","value":"China"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"18th century"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"181942"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Image: 4 1/2 x 6 inches (11.4 x 15.2 cm);Frame: 6 3/4 x 9 inches (17.1 x 22.9 cm)"}}]}