Autumn Landscape, 'steeped in colour' (ceng lin jin ran)

Lu Xingtang
China
1938 – 2012

Autumn Landscape, 'steeped in colour' (ceng lin jin ran)
1996
gouache, watercolour, ink and cinnabar on paper
Place made
Jiangsu province, China
Medium
gouache, watercolour, ink and cinnabar on paper
Dimensions
72.0 x 69.3 cm (image)
76.0 x 73.0 cm (sheet)
Credit line
Bequest of Stephanie Schrapel 2023
Accession number
20232P3
Signature and date
Titled, top c., ink "層林盡染 (ceng lin jin ran)" translated as "steeped in colour"; signed and dated, u.l., ink "丙子秋日/ 盧星堂/并题 (bingzi qiuri lu xingtang bingti)" translated as "painting and calligraphy both by Lu Xingtang in the Autumn of 1996"; sealed, u.l., cinnabar "星堂 (xing tang)" translated as "Xingtang", "盧 (lu)" translated as "Lu"; signed, l.r., ink "盧星/堂寫/於金陵 (lu xing tang xie yu jin ling)" translated as "painted by Lu Xingtang in Nanjing"; sealed, l.r., cinnabar "'星堂記游 (xing tang ji you)" translated as "the travel notes of Xingtang".
Media category
Print
Collection area
Asian art - China
Image credit
Photo: Stewart Adams