Les cent mille vues du vieillard Nantian 南田老人十萬圖, M.C. 2015-13(6), between 1700 and 1799

Author(s): formerly attributed to yun, shouping 惲壽平 (in 1633 – in 1690) date of production: between 1700 and 1799 dating in century: 18th century type of object(s): china, painting, graphic arts name(s): album, calligraphy materials and techniques: colored ink, paper place(s) of execution/realization: china dimensions - artwork: height: 30. 8cm width: 34. 1cm thickness: 3. 2cm description: album of ten landscape paintings. The silk cover bears the album title. A double page of collectors' seals follows. - bamboo forest around a stream, a calligraphy of 4 characters in signature, 2 seals of yun shouping and 2 collectors' seals (24. 3 x 30. 3) - river landscape with softened reliefs and fleshless trees. On the banks in the foreground, a net, to which a 3-person boat responds towards the other bank. 3 skiffs in the distance. A calligraphy of 4 characters in signature, 1 seal of yun shouping, 1 collector's seal (24. 2 x 30. 2) - colored landscape of mountains dotted with villages. In the plain, a man works in the fields with a buffalo. 1 sigillary calligraphy of 4 characters, 2 yun shouping seals, 1 collector's seal (24. 2 x 30. 2) - color landscape of steep mountains. In the foreground, a group of 5 figures, visible through the foliage, is heading towards a bridge and a village. 1 sigillary calligraphy of 4 characters, 2 seals of yun shouping, 1 collector's seal (24. 2 x 30. 3). -river landscape in colors. Grove of trees in the right corner. On the left, in the foreground, a skiff contains a figure dressed in pink in the cabin and another dressed in blue on the rudder. Distant reliefs in the third plan. A 4-character sigillary calligraphy, 2 yun shouping seals, 1 collector's seal (24. 2 x 30. 2) - color landscape. The foreground is empty, except for a massive rock mass in the left corner. The reliefs in the background are crisscrossed by the meanders of a torrent. 1 sigillary calligraphy of 4 characters, 1 seal of yun shouping, 1 collector's seal (24. 2 x30. 2)-landscape in colors. A bridge in the foreground leads to a waterfront residence. A scholar and another man face each other in a pavilion. A servant stands in the courtyard under some foliage. 1 sigillary calligraphy of 4 characters, 1 collector's seal, 1 seal of yun shouping (24. 2 x 30. 2) - landscape in ink of mountains and fleshless trees occupying an oblique which goes from the lower left half to the upper 2/3 on the right. A path leads from some houses at the bottom left to a porch in the heart of the mountains. 1 sigillary calligraphy of 4 characters, 2 yun shouping seals and 1 collector's seal (24. 3 x 30. 3) - ink landscape occupying the entire album sheet except the upper right quarter. In the foreground are gnarled pines and a gazebo. A monastery is visible halfway up in the background. A path from the lower right corner loops to the upper left corner. 1 sigillary calligraphy of 4 characters, 1 yun shouping seal and 1 collector's seal (24. 2 x 30. 2) - colored landscape of snow-capped mountains dotted with a few green foliage. A flowering tree occupies the center foreground. 1 signature calligraphy of 4 characters, 1 signature of yun shouping, 1 seal of this artist and 2 collector's seals, one of which covers another seal of yun shouping. The blank facing page bears 2 collectors' seals (24. 2 x 30. 4) marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: signature seal seal seal seal inscription (chinese writing – seal (zhuanshu)) iconographic description: bamboo forest around a stream; river landscape with softened reliefs and bare trees; colorful landscape of mountains dotted with villages; colorful landscape of steep mountains; river landscape in colors; landscape in colors; landscape in colors; ink landscape of mountains and skinny trees; landscape in ink; colorful landscape of snow-capped mountains. Themes / subjects / places represented: mountainous or rocky landscape, waterscape, watercourse, bamboo, mountain, tree, snow acquisition method: manual donation name of donor, testator, seller: coffy de boideffre, marie-joseph, master date of acquisition: 2015 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 2015-13. Date: between 1700 and 1799.