Yellow Chrysanthemums and Red Osmanthus in the Style of Wang Yuan

Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry

1997-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Painting only: 288.5 x 106.3 公分 (113 9/16 x 41 7/8 英吋)

Artist's inscription, signature, and 2 seals at upper right:

Beneath the fence yellow [chrysanthemum] flowers brave the rain to blossom;/
Still others lean on the red osmanthus tree and dazzle the deep green moss./
With a goblet [of wine] I face them, entirely without concern;/
Who will answer the knocking at the gate where a guest has arrived?

In the ninth month of the fourth year of the Chenghua era [1468], I followed the brush-conception of Wang Danxuan 王澹軒 [Wang Yuan 王淵] at the Youzhuzhuang 有竹庄 [House with Bamboo].
Inscribed and [painted] by Shen Zhou 沈周 of Changzhou 長洲. [seals] Shitian 石田; Shen shi Qinan 沈氏启南.

trans. HR
1 additional inscription, dated 1523, and 2 seals of Wang Chong 王寵 (1494-1533).

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