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Elliott collections of Chinese calligraphy and painting at the Art Museum, Princeton University</i>, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1984)., cat. no. 39","date":1984,"id":6467,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/770927319"}],"nowebuse":"False","periods":[{"id":15366,"period":"Qing dynasty","alphasort":"Qing dynasty","begindate":1644,"enddate":1912,"displayperiod":"Qing dynasty, 1644–1912","displaydate":"1644–1912"}],"department":"Asian Art","attribute_groups":[{"id":2199319,"term":"Asian Art","termtype":"Collecting Area"},{"id":2199327,"term":"Prints and Drawings","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"daterange":"A.D. 1600-1700","dateend":1690,"depicted":[],"titles":[{"title":"Quince (Mugua)","titletype":"Primary Title","displayorder":1}],"hasimage":"true","creditlinerepro":"","objectnumber":"2008-345","inscribed":"Artist inscription: 八大山人畫 \"Bada Shanren hua\" (Painted by Bada Shanren)","texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"<font color=\"#7030a0\"><span lang=\"EN\">–1991\tEdward L. Elliott Family Collection (Princeton, NJ), withdrawn from Christie’s (New York, NY): <i>Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Ellen B. Elliott Collection</i> auction (Nov. 14, 1991), lot 27. \n<p align=\"LEFT\" dir=\"LTR\">1991?–2008\tDavid and Elaine Elliott (Yarmouth, ME), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2008.</p></span></font><font color=\"#7030a0\">\n</font><font color=\"#7030a0\">\n</font><font color=\"#7030a0\">\n</font><font color=\"#7030a0\">\n</font>","remarks":null},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"For the ink artist Zhu Da (also known as Bada Shanren), the use of rich gold and rose colors in this painting of a branch bearing quince fruits is rare. Calligraphic ink lines define the branch and outline the fruit and leaves. An unusual subject in Chinese painting, the quince had become symbolic of protecting the Buddhist Law, but here it may instead refer to a friend of the artist who was called the Daoist of Quince Mountain. 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