Artwork Details
48-7/16 x 12-3/8 in. (image) 91-1/2 x 18-7/16 in. (mount) 91-12 x 21-1/4 in. (installed)
DynastySigned: 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
Accession NumberPurchased 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.
CopyrightAsian Art (Chinese and other Asian)
Color PaletteYamamoto Teijiro (1867-1937); Fujii Yurinkan Museum, Kyoto (1997)
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)
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