Lakeside Pavilion in the Snow

Object Details

• Artist

  Shi Rui 石銳 (ca. 1426-1470)

  Formerly attributed to Zhu Rui (active 1119-1135)

• Calligrapher

  Facing calligraphy by Hu Rong (jinshi 1454)

• Description

  This river snowscape shows an elaborate pavilion and a boat with a temple in the distance.

• Signatures

  There is an interpolated signature of the Sung court painter Chu Jui on the right edge of the fan.

• Marks

  Seal in the lower right corner of the fan reads: “Shi shi Yiming” 石氏以明. Yiming 以明 was the courtesy name of the court painter Shi Rui 石銳, confirming him as the artist.

• Inscriptions

  The seven-character quatrain on the left is by Hu Jun, chin-shih of 1454 from Chiangshi.

• Label

  Two small boats float side by side near an elegant riverside pavilion, which is supported above the water on thick pilings. Several figures can be seen through the open windows. Beneath sharp, towering mountains on the opposite shore, the upper stories of a temple emerge above the trees. At right, the painting bears a spurious signature of the Song dynasty artist, Zhu Rui, who served in the imperial academy; however, it also bears a seal of the Ming dynasty court painter, Shi Rui (ca. 1426-1470), who is a much more likely candidate as the artist of this fan.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Guests of the Hills: Travelers in Chinese Landscape Painting (August 23, 2008 to March 15, 2009)

  Palaces and Pavilions: Grand Architecture in Chinese Painting (September 29, 2002 to March 30, 2003)

  Chinese Paintings: Recent Accessions (March 2 to August 2, 1984)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of the Department of Cultural Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s

• Name

  Hu, Jun, Shih, Rui, Zhu, Rui

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Water, Fans, Landscapes, Boats and boating, Art, Snow, Temple, Chinese Art, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Rivers

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings