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"title": "Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds; Poem by Wang Wei",
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"inscription": "Inscription for 1961.421.1:\nArtist's signature: \u81e3\u99ac\u9e9f Your servant, Ma Lin.\n\n2 seals on mounting of Chu Sheng-chai (20th c.).",
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"inscription": "Inscription for 1961.421.2:\nThe 2 lines of poetry from right to left read:\n\n\"I walk unto where waters end/\nAnd sit down to watch when clouds arise.\"",
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"inscription": "Seals and Inscription for 1961.421.2:\nThe top gourd-shaped seal has the cyclical date \"bingchen\" (\u4e19\u8fb0 1256); the lower square seal is the Seal for Imperial Calligraphy. The inscription between the two imperial seals reads, \"Presented to Chung-kuei\".",
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"inscription": "Seals and Inscription on facing leaf for 1961.421.2:\nInscription by Zhang Daqian (1899\u20131983). 1 seal of Chu Sheng-chai (20th Century) remounted onto the facing leaf to the left of the square calligraphy.",
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"title": "China\u2019s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta",
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"did_you_know": "Ma Lin was the son of Ma Yuan, the artist renowned for his unique composition and often referred to as \"One-corner Ma.\"",
"description": "Poem and painting, once mounted together as one fan, exemplify the collaboration between imperial patron and court painter. Emperor Lizong\u2019s calligraphy cites a verse from Wang Wei\u2019s (701\u2013761) poem, Walking to where the water ends, I sit and watch when clouds arise.
Ma Lin\u2019s response is this painting. At the water\u2019s edge, a scholar reclines by a large rock. The view leads across the empty middle ground to a distant mountain. With sparse ink and subtly graded washes, Ma Lin visualizes the poetic verse. The painting suggests the impact of Chan aesthetics through interaction between the palace, literati-officials, and monasteries around Hangzhou.",
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"citation": "Shimada, Hidemasa, and Fujio Nakazawa. Nanso\u0304, Kin. To\u0304kyo\u0304: Sho\u0304gakukan, 2000.",
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"citation": "Pegg, Richard A. Sheng Maoye: Painting and Poetry in Late Ming Suzhou. PhD diss., Columbia University, 2001.",
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