File:Leng Mei - Old Man of the Southern Pole - Walters 3561.jpg

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Leng Mei: Old Man of the Southern Pole   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Leng Mei  (1669–1742)  wikidata:Q6522422
 
Alternative names
Chinese: 冷枚
Description Chinese painter
Date of birth/death 1669 Edit this at Wikidata 1742 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Jiaozhou City
Work period 1677-1742
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artist QS:P170,Q6522422
Title
Old Man of the Southern Pole
Description
English: This painting depicts "nan ji lao ren [nan chi lao jen]," the symbol of longevity, accompanied by a friend and servant, offering incense to the gods.
Date early 18th century
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium colors on silk mounted on paper with frame
Dimensions height: 102.7 cm (40.4 in); width: 55 cm (21.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,102.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,55U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
35.61
Place of creation China
Object history
  • Dr. John C. Ferguson [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • John C. Ferguson Sale, American Art Association, New York, April 7, 1916, no. 247 [as Ling Mei]
  • Henry Walters, Baltimore, April 7, 1916, by purchase
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1916
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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