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Parting at the Gate of the Capital
by Yao Shou
Inscriptions
Yinshou frontispiece by Wang Jin (15th century) Colophon by Ma Xian (1484 jinshi) Recorded in Lu Xinyuan, Rangliguan Guoyanlu (1892), vol. 13, p.13. Inscription: (tentative translation) Those who part at the capital gate are scholars, There is red pavilion wine, [they] contend for baixue song[name of old song] Evening mountains are boundless, spring trees are drooping, Thinking about friendship and joy we had, hope to meet again at Wucheng. (E.Park 1989)
Publications
Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings: Vol. 1 American and Canadian Collections, compiled by Kei Suzuki , by University of Tokyo Press, 1982; page I-34, 35, No. A 3–015.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Yao Shou (Chinese, 1423-1495)
- Date
- Ming dynasty (1369–1644), 15th century
- Medium
- Handscroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- 53.4 × 461.1 cm (21 × 181 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- handscroll
- Style
- Chinese (culture or style)
- Place
- China
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Credit line
- Gift of Alice Boney
- Accession no.
- 1971.475
Provenance
The Art Institute of Chicago’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.
More by Yao Shou in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00000937
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