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Seal, "Be a person of leisure" (Zuo ge xian ren)

1888

Zhao Mu

Chinese, 1845 - 1894

Chinese

Jade seal carved with a lioness and cub. The characters on the base (not in view) recommend leisure in one’s life.

White hibiscus

2 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.

Gift of Chang Ch'ung-ho and Hans Frankel from their collection

2011.4.3

Provenance: Acquired by Chang Ch’ung-ho Frankel during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45); Seattle Art Museum 2011

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Pure Amusements: Wealth, Leisure, and Culture in Late Imperial China, Dec. 24, 2016 - May 15, 2022.

Published ReferencesGao Xiang, "Si Mei Ju--Zhang Chonghe de yinzhang shoucang," Shoucangjia, no. 9, 2004, pp. 43-46, 45

Mimi Gates et al, Fragrance of the Past: Chinese calligraphy and painting by Ch'ung-ho Chang Frankel and friends, Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 2006, 22

Bai Qianshen, Zhang Chonghe Shishu huaxuan, Beijing: Sanluan shudian, 2010, p. 210

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