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Whiling away the summer by a lakeside retreat
Former Title: Summer mist along the lakeshore
湖莊清夏圖卷 (趙令穰)
Chinese, Northern Song dynasty, dated 1100
Zhao Lingrang, Chinese, late 11th–early 12th century
Colophon by: Cai Ang, Chinese, early 16th century
Colophon by: Lü Zhuan, Chinese, early 16th century
Colophon by: Wang Fengling, Chinese, early 16th century
Colophon by: Dong Qichang, Chinese, 1555–1636
Seal of: Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty, Chinese, ruled 1736–1795
Seal of: Xuantong Emperor of the Qing dynasty, Chinese, ruled 1909–1911
Seal of: Jiaqing, Emperor of the Qing dynasty, Chinese, ruled 1796–1820
Seal of: Zhang Yingjia, Chinese
Seal of: Wu Ting, Chinese, 1555–after 1626
Seal of: Li Zongkong, Chinese
Seal of: Wang Shimin, Chinese, 1592–1680
Seal of: Zhang Ruoqi, Chinese, 17th century
Seal of: Huang Junbi, Chinese, 1898–1991

Overall: 25.9 x 694.5 cm (10 3/16 x 273 7/16 in.)
Image: 19.1 x 162 cm (7 1/2 x 63 3/4 in.)
Ink and color on silk

Classification: Paintings
Type, sub-type: Handscroll

Object is currently not on view

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Keith McLeod Fund, 1957
Accession number: 57.724

Provenance/Ownership History: By 1368, imperial collection of Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368); 1368, confiscated by the early officers of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). By 1636, Dong Qichang (b. 1555 - d. 1636). By 1799, Emperor Qianlong(b. 1711-d. 1799) of Qing Dynasty. By 1957, Huang Junbi (b. 1898 - d. 1991); 1957, sold by Huang Junbi to the art dealer Kong- i - Wong; sold by Kong-i-Wong to the MFA for $28,000. (Accession Date: December 12, 1957)



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