GU Jianlong
(China 1606–post 1686)
Scholars gathering at the Western Garden
- Other titles:
- Elegant gathering in the Western Garden
- Location
- Not on display
- Place of origin
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China
- Period
- China: Qing dynasty 1644–1911, Kangxi 1662–1722
- Year
- 1705
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- handscroll: ink and colour on silk
- Dimensions
- 26.1 x 283.0cm image; 24.8 x 94.1cm calligraphy; 34.3 x 759.3cm
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated u.l. corner, in Chinese, inscribed in black ink "... done in the second month of the year of jiyou [1705], of the reign of Kangxi." Signed l.l., in Chinese, inscribed in black ink, "Xuechen, Gu Jianlong." Signed l.l., in Chinese, stamped in red ink, "Gu Jianlong" above "Xuechen" [2 artist's seals].
- Credit
- Purchased 1957
- Accession number
- 9417
