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Elliott, Class of 1951 (1998-70 a-j)","displaydate":"dated 1640","medium":"Album of 10 leaves; ink and color on silk","media":[{"id":53632,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/1998-70_02","isprimary":0,"rank":2,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"University of Tokyo imaging project"},{"id":60064,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/INV06547","isprimary":0,"rank":12,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Inventory Project"},{"id":1896,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/1998-70-0","isprimary":1,"rank":1,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"},{"id":1898,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/1998-70-10","isprimary":0,"rank":11,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"},{"id":1899,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/1998-70-2","isprimary":0,"rank":3,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"},{"id":1900,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/1998-70-3","isprimary":0,"rank":4,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"},{"id":1901,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/1998-70-4","isprimary":0,"rank":5,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"},{"id":1902,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/1998-70-5","isprimary":0,"rank":6,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"},{"id":1903,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/1998-70-6","isprimary":0,"rank":7,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"},{"id":1904,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/1998-70-7","isprimary":0,"rank":8,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"},{"id":1905,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/1998-70-8","isprimary":0,"rank":9,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"},{"id":1906,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/1998-70-9","isprimary":0,"rank":10,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"}],"displayperiod":"Ming dynasty, 1368–1644","extended_content":false,"campuscollections":"false","bibliography":[{"boilertext":"Suzuki, Kei, comp.<i> Chūgoku kaiga sōgō zuroku</i>, vol. 1 of <i>Amerika-Kanada hen</i>. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1982.","citation":"Suzuki, Kei, comp.<i> Chūgoku kaiga sōgō zuroku</i>, vol. 1 of <i>Amerika-Kanada hen</i>. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1982., A17–072","date":1982,"id":8082,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/638830092"},{"boilertext":"<p>\"The checklist of the John B. Elliott Bequest,\" <em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum </em>61 (2002): p. 49-99.</p>","citation":"<p>\"The checklist of the John B. Elliott Bequest,\" <em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum </em>61 (2002): p. 49-99.</p>, p. 78","date":2002,"id":3025,"uri":"https://www.jstor.org/stable/3774767"}],"nowebuse":"False","periods":[{"id":12562,"period":"Ming dynasty","alphasort":"Ming dynasty","begindate":1368,"enddate":1644,"displayperiod":"Ming dynasty, 1368–1644","displaydate":"1368–1644"}],"department":"Asian Art","attribute_groups":[{"id":2199319,"term":"Asian Art","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"daterange":"A.D. 1600-1700","dateend":1640,"depicted":[],"titles":[{"title":"Friendship in Stone (Shijiao tu 石交圖)","titletype":"Primary Title","displayorder":1}],"hasimage":"true","creditlinerepro":"","objectnumber":"1998-70 a-j","inscribed":"Artist's inscription on leaf j:\r\n\t早起無事作石交圖正之獻汝五弟鴻寶\r\n\tGetting up early, with no event to attend, I made these rock-bound pictures, sincerely, for the fifth brother Xianru, Hongbao [Ni Yuanlu]\r\n\r\ndated 1640","texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"&nbsp;–1998&nbsp;John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998. <br>","remarks":null},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"<FONT size=5 face=JohnSansTextPro><FONT size=5 face=JohnSansTextPro>\r\n<P align=left>Garden and scholar’s rocks were collected for their fantastical shapes and forms. Seen as miniatures of immortal mountains and heavenly caves, they were imbued with cosmic properties. Lofty and unchanging, rocks were also believed to embody human characteristics. In gardens, such rocks divided space, added texture to a vista, and provided a focus for contemplation.</P>\r\n<P align=left>A high official and loyalist to the lost Ming dynasty, Ni Yuanlu committed suicide in 1644, when the capital of Beijing fell to rebel forces. These five rocks, part of a larger set and painted on satin, might express personal attributes that Ni admired or symbolize a circle of close friends.</P></FONT></FONT>","remarks":"Asian_InTheGarden_Dec2013.pdf"}],"datebegin":1640,"sortnumber":"1998   70 a    j","published_date":"2026-02-11 10:48:41.983613","objectid":36324,"dimensions":"Album: 28.5 x 24.5 x 2 cm. (11 1/4 x 9 5/8 x 13/16 in.)\r\nCloth case: 33.7 x 29 x 7.3 cm. (13 1/4 x 11 7/16 x 2 7/8 in.)\r\nCalligraphy (frontispiece): 21.5 x 20.3 cm. (8 7/16 x 8 in.)\r\nMat (frontispiece): 30.2 x 27.9 cm. (11 7/8 x 11 in.)","on_view":false}