Banana Plants

Min Zhen1788

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Title: Banana Plants
Creator: Min Zhen (Chinese, 1730-after 1788)
Date Created: 1788
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 29 x 18.4 cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Type: Painting
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.71.11
Medium: album leaf, ink on paper
Series in Original Language: 雑畫圖冊
Inscriptions: Inscription by Min Chen on the last leaf: I have a habit of collecting strange rocks. My friend Tai-li shan-jen* treasures my paintings as much as I treasure strange rocks. Once we agreed to exchange what we love with each other. However, my busy activities have kept me from carrying this out. This summer I realized that this strange rock has been sitting in my studio for five years, so I painted this to fulfill my old promise. As a record, I chose the grotesque cliff in the last scene of this twelve-leaf album. Cheng-chai, Min Chen inscribed this on the sixth day of the sixth month [July 9] of the wu-shen year [1788]. * Tai-li shan-jen is Wang Li [tzu: Li-fu] tr. Hou-mei Ishida Six seals appearing on the leaves: Min Chen, Cheng-chai, Ching-ch'iao, Chen, Liao-t'ang, Min Chen chih-yin.
Department: Chinese Art
Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Collection: ASIAN - Album leaf
Accession Number: 1985.71.11

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