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Auspicious Dragon Rock 祥龍石圖 祥龙石图   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Zhao Ji, also known as Emperor Huizong of the Song dynasty
趙佶 宋徽宗
赵佶 宋徽宗
Title
Auspicious Dragon Rock
祥龍石圖
祥龙石图
Description
This depicts a water-eroded Taihu rock, upon which plants are growing and the characters "auspicious dragon" (祥龍) is inscribed in regular script.
Medium Handscroll, ink and color on silk
Dimensions 53.9 × 127.8 cm
institution QS:P195,Q2047427
Place of creation China during the Northern Song period (960-1127)
Inscriptions
  • 祥龍石者，立於環碧池之南，芳洲橋之西，相對則勝瀛也。其勢勝湧，若虯龍出為瑞應之狀，奇容巧態，莫能具絕妙而言之也。廼親繪縑素，聊以四韻紀之。
    The dragon-shape rock stands to the south of the Huanbi Pond to the west of the Fangzhou Bridge. Its majesty exceeds the isle of the immortals; it is as if a flying dragon presented an auspice in the sky. And its beauty and delicacy is beyond words to describe. Therefore, I painted it myself and described it in a verse of four couplets.
  • 彼美蜿蜒勢若龍，挺然為瑞獨稱雄。
    雲凝好色來相借，水潤清輝更不同。
    常帶瞑煙疑振鬣，每乘宵雨恐淩空。
    故憑彩筆親模寫，融結功深未易窮。
    This beauty twists and turns with the force of a dragon,
    Clearly an auspicious blessing from heaven;
    Clouds given form and sensuosity: mutual borrowing,
    Water smoothed pure and glistening: ever more different.
    It carries the mist of dusk like the flying mane of a prancing horse,
    ready to soar into the sky with the rain of night.
    I feel timid for its beauty may be compromised by my inferior painting skills,
    That are not able to completely merge emptiness and profundity.
  • 御製禦畫並書
  • 天下一人
Notes The artist and expert authenticator Xu Bangda (徐邦达), as noted in his book Identification of the Authenticity of Paintings and Calligraphy (古书画伪讹考辨), considers the seals questionable and in need of further study. The handscroll, however, is widely considered to be authentic.
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