The size of this painting: 158.3cm X 108.1cm, done on silk cloth dyed to orange color.
If you examine the painting carefully, you will find a faint seam that goes midway vertically from top to bottom. That is: someone once cut the painting into two halves and later someone put the two halves back into one again. Things like this, according the editor, did happen, and happened often. But, of course, it is gratifying to know that the painting now remains whole and complete in National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan.
During my current visit to Taiwan (Oct. 2011-Feb. 2012), I was surprisingly happy to see a copy of this painting among others on the daily paper in Nov. 2011....
No comments:
Post a Comment