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Carlson, Kathie; Flanagin, Michael N.; Martin, Kathleen; Martin, Mary E.; Mendelsohn, John; Rodgers, Priscilla Young; Ronnberg, Ami; Salman, Sherry; Wesley, Deborah A.; et al. (Authors) (2010). Arm, Karen; Ueda, Kako; Thulin, Anne; Langerak, Allison; Kiley, Timothy Gus; Wolff, Mary (eds.).
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official. Two inscriptions on the painting were made by the artist's own hand. The dating is based on one of them. According to the inscription placed at the end of the painting, the work was inspired by two other paintings,
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Hsien-chi Tseng, 1957. A Study of the Nine Dragons Scroll. In: Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America. Vol. 11, (1957), pp. 16-39. Published by: University of Hawai’i Press. Article Stable URL:
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says that besides praising Chen Rong's painting, Qianlong ordered a court painter to make a copy of it. Qianlong also impressed several seals on the original painting, whose text appreciate the work.
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by the artist; lines 32 and 33 of Chen Rong's poetic inscription describe how his dragons either could, or did, produce rainfall:
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soaring amidst clouds, mists, whirlpools, rocky mountains and fire, the painting refers to the dynamic forces of nature in
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Areas of the painting are spattered with drops of ink, either flung or blown onto the surface in a manner similar to
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East Asian Scroll Paintings. University of Chicago Center for Art of East Asia. Nine Dragons. Chen Rong.
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Zhang Hongxing, "The Nineteenth-Century Provenance of the Admonitions Scroll: A Hypothesis", in
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The painting features multiple inscriptions and stamps. The left side features various
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46.3 cm Ă— 1496.4 cm (18.2 in Ă— 589.1 in)
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In the 17th century the scroll was in the possession of
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The Zoomorphic Imagination in Chinese Art and Culture
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The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images
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Chen Rong
Xuan paper
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston
handscroll
Chen Rong
dragons
Daoism
liquid
essence
Tao
Dragon King
Chinese astrology
action painting
rainmaking ritual
colophons
Zhang Sicheng
Song dynasty
Cao Ba
Huichong
Qianlong Emperor


Geng Zhaozhong
Geng Jimao
Shunzhi Emperor
Qianlong Emperor
Jiaqing Emperor
Prince Gong

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