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Medium
ink and watercolour on paper
Measurements
67.0 × 67.0 cm (image and sheet)
Place/s of Execution
China
Inscription
inscribed in brush and ink ink u.l.: 已亥春月 / 屺瞻百歲亖年 (translation: in the [cyclical year of] yihai (1995) spring month, Qizhan at the age of one hundred and four years old)
stamped in red ink u.l.:屺瞻 (Qizhan: artist seal) / 二瞻老民 (Erzhan laomin: artist’s other name)
stamped in red ink c.r.: 門外人 (Menwai ren) (translation: someone who is outside of the door or who has not entered the door)
stamped in red ink l.r.: 屺瞻期頤後作 (Qizhan qiyihou zuo ) (translation: done by Qizhan (the artist) after he turned 100 years old) /樂此不疲 (leci bupi ) (translation: taking pleasure in this (i.e. painting) without [ever becoming] tired)
Accession Number
2012.278
Department
Asian Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Jason Yeap OAM in honour of Allan Myers AO President of the Council of Trustees of the NGV through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2012
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display