Playing Chess in an Elegant Garden
Artist
Long He 何龍
(Chinese)
Dateearly 17th century
MediumHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsOverall: 86 3/4 × 26 3/4 × 1 inches (220.35 × 67.95 × 2.54 cm)
Image: 48 3/4 × 23 7/8 inches (123.83 × 60.64 cm)
Image: 48 3/4 × 23 7/8 inches (123.83 × 60.64 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Asian Art Acquisition Fund in memory of Laurence Sickman
Object number2023.39.2
Signedartist's signature: “何龍” (He Long), and his three seals, “何龍,” “何龍,” and “玄之又玄” (Xuan zhi you xuan, Deep deeper yet, from Laozi).
Inscribed燕交飛處柳煙低 Where swallows fly together, willow mists are low,
玉窗紅子闘棋時 chess pieces at the jade window fight on the board.
Translated by Hiroshi Kawasaki (Osaka) and Howard Rogers (Hawai'i).
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Terms
Catalog of the collection from Viscount AKIMOTO Okitomo (1857-1917) 秋元子爵家御蔵器入札. Tokyo: Tokyo Art Society, May 14, 1917 [in Japanese]
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