Catalog
of the inaugural gift from the Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection to
Phoenix Art Museum

These paintings, including hanging scrolls, handscrolls,
and
albums, constitute an important group of works reflecting the elite
traditions of Chinese art embraced by Manchu emperors and top officials of the Qing dynasty court during the eighteenth century. Many
of the works represent the "orthodox" ink landscape painting tradition
especially admired by the Kangxi emperor (reigned 1662-1722) and
his grandson the Qianlong emperor (reigned 1736-1795), and practiced by officials as well as members of the imperial household. One
of the albums in the group was painted for Qianlong by the Manchu
prince Hongwu. Other works in the group represent the revival and
refinement of classical modes of painting flowers, birds and animals,
or subjects from history or mythology including grand palace scenes,
conceived for private patrons in the thriving cities of the Qing empire.
Photos by Craig Smith , courtesy of Phoenix Art Museum.

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Wang Hui (1632-1717)
Landscape in the Manner of
Zhao Lingrang, dated 1713.

Hanging scroll, ink and
color on paper , 141 x 39 cm.
Published and exh ibi ted :
Heritage of the Brush, cata lo g

number

19.

2005.135

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Wu

Li (1632-1718)

Misty Trees in Autumn
Mountains after Guo Xi . Fan,

ink on paper, mounted as a
hanging scroll, 17 x 50.8 cm.
Published and exhibited:
Scent oflnk, catalog number
18; Le Parfum de l'encre,

catalog number 20 .
2005.136

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Shangguan Zhou (1665-circa 1750)
Landscapes, dated 1738. Album of 12
leaves, ink and color on paper, each leaf
34.5 x 28.5 cm. Published and exhibited: Scent of Ink, catalog number 23; Le
Parfum de /' encre, catalog number 25.
2005.132.A-L

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Shen Quan (1682-circa 1760)
Flowers, Birds and Animals, dated 1740 . Album of 12 leaves, ink and color on
si I k, each leaf 20.6 x 31 cm. Published and exhibited: Journeys on Pap er and Silk,
catalog number 35; published: Kakaido Journal (Autumn, 1997), number 26.
2005.133.A-L

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Yuan Jiang (active circa
1680-1725)

The Dawning of Spring, dated
1722. Hanging Scroll, ink and

color on sil k, 104.1 x 160 cm .

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Published and exhibited:

Gu Fang

Journeys on Paper and Silk,

(active circa 1690-1720)

catalog number 28.

A Pair of Landscapes, dated

2005.138

1692. Hanging scrolls,

ink

and color on silk; scroll A:
94 x 33.6 cm; scro l l B: 94

x 33.3 cm. Published and
exhibited: Journeys on Paper

and Silk, catalog number 33.
2005.125.A-B.

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Dong Bangda
(1682-circa 1760)
A Pavilion under Pine Trees,

dated 1751. Hanging scroll,
ink on paper; painting: 54.6
x 30.5 cm; large surrounding
colophons: 123.2 x 54.2
cm; small colophon above
painting: 27 x 30.5 cm.
Published and exhibited:
Journeys on Paper and Silk,

catalog number 36; Judith
Smith, editor, Tradition
and Transformation: Studies
in Chinese Art in Honor of
Chu-tsing Li, Lawrence,

KS: Spencer Museum of Art,
The University
of Kansas, in association
with The Universil y of
Washington Press, 2005,
figure 1, page 309.
2005.124

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Yuan Yao
(active cir ca 1720-1780)
Autumn Harvest in a
Mountain Village, dated
1752. Hanging scroll, ink
and color on silk, 144.9 x
72.3 cm. Published and
exhibited: The Elegant Brush:
Chinese Painting Under the
Qianlong Emperor, 1735-1795,
catalog number 39; Heritage
of the Brush, catalog number
29; published: Harada
Kinjiro, The Pageant of
Chinese Painting, Tokyo,
1936, 340 .
2005.139

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Huang Zhen
(active circa 1732-1777)
Landscape, dated 1777.
Hanging scroll, ink and
light color on paper, 132.6
x 71.6 cm. Published and
exh i bited: Heritage of the
Brush, catalog number
30; published:

Surnki Kei
and others, Comprehensive
Illustrated Catalog of Chinese
Paintings, Tokyo , 1982-1983,
JP14-158.
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Chen Ji
(active mid-18th century)
Listening to the Flute.

Hanging scroll, ink and
color on paper, 160.3 x
73 cm. Published and
exhibited: Journeys on Paper
and Silk, catalog number 37.
2005.123

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Guan X i n ing (1712-1785)
Remembrance of Su Dongpo,
dated 1775. Hanging scroll,
ink and color on paper,
134 x 29.7 cm. Published
and exh ibited : Scent of
Ink, catalog number 27; Le
Parfum de /'encre, catalog
number 29.
2005.126

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Wang Chen (17 20-1797)

Landscapes: Ink Play, dated 1791. Album of 8 lea ve s and fro nt ispie ce , ink
on pape r, each lea f 24.2 x 29.8 cm. Frontispiece by Li Ruiqing (1867-1920).
Published and exhibit e d: The Elegant Brush: Chinese Painting Under the Qianlong

Emperor, 1735-1795, catalog number 19; Heritage of the Brush, cata log number 31.
2005.134.A-H

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Yongrong (1744- 1790 )
Two Landscapes: Landscape in the Style of Meihua Daoren (Wu Zhen) and Limpid
Dawn in Rivers and Hills. Ha nd sc ro ll , two sec t io ns, ink on paper and ink and

color on paper, 24-7 x 153.7 cm and 24-4 x 153.2 cm. Published and exhibited:
Scent of Ink, catalog number 31; Le Pa1fum de /' en cre, catalog number 33.
2005. 137

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Hongwu (died 1811)
The Myriad Delights of Lake Shi. Album of
10 leaves and title page, ink and color on
silk, each leaf 23 x 29.2 cm. Published and
exhibited: Scent of Ink, catalog number 36;
Le Parfum de f'encre, catalog number 38; leaf
H published: Claudia Brow n, "Pa int in g
and the Qing Court, 1736-1850" in Judith
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Qian Weiqiao (1739 -180 6 )
Landscape: The Xiangsu Thatched Hut, dated 1788. Handscroll, ink on paper, 26 .7

x 109 .3 cm. Fro ntisp iece by Qian Daxin (1728- 180 4 ). Published and exh ibite d:

He ritage of the Brush, cata log number 32.
2005.131

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Qian Feng (1740-1795)
Ten Thousand Pines, dated
1782. Hanging scroll, ink
on paper, 109.2 x 34.3 cm.
Published and exhibited:
The Elegant Brush: Chinese
Painting Under the Qianlong
Emperor , 1735-1795, catalog
number 33; Heritage of the
Brush, catalog number 34;
published : Osvald Siren ,
Chinese Painting: Leading
Masters and Principles, New
York, 1956-1958, VII, 308.
2005 .130

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Pan Xuefeng
(active 18th century) Dreaming in th e

Xiaoxin Pa vilion , dated 1794 . Opening
section and details. Handsc roll , ink
and color on paper, 47.3 x 333.7 cm.
Published and exhibited: Journeys on

Pap er and Silk , catalog number 39.
2005.129

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