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Creation date
1525-1590
Dynasty
Ming dynasty
Materials
ink on paper
Mark Descriptions
signed: Molin daoren | 6 seals: Ji ao Xiang Yuanbian yin / Zijing zhi yin / Jing yin an zhu / Xiang Shuzi / Molin shanren / [1 collector's seal] Qiu sheng X X zhen cang | Inscribed: No one notices (my) abundant tenderness and intense hatred. At dawn, un
Dimensions
48 7/16 x 12 3/8 in. (image)
91 1/2 x 18 7/16 in. (overall)
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.
Accession number
2004.8
Collection
Not Currently On View
墨荷
Xiang's inscription reads
多情有恨人見, 月曉風清言語時。
Many affections and regrets - no one notices;
While a clear moon and gentle breeze empathize.
Xiang's poem plays on the wording from a poem called "White Lotus 白蓮" by the Tang poet Lu Guimeng 陸龜蒙 (died about 881). (無情有恨何人見，月曉風清欲堕時)
Yamamoto Teijiro (1867-1937); Fujii Yurinkan Museum, Kyoto (1997)