Peonies and Irises on a Rock

Wu Mou, 1750

This garden in springtime is filled with purple irises and peonies in different colours, including red, pink and purple. This painting is said to have once decorated the wall of a brothel. The peony is considered a symbol of love and feminine beauty.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberAK-MAK-291
  • Dimensionsheight 156 cm, width 93.5 cm x depth 8 cm x width 146.5 cm, height 82 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Peonies and Irises on a Rock

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-291

  • Description

    schildering van pioenrozen en irissen op een rots.

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Wu Mou, China

  • Dating

    1750

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    • height 156 cm
    • width 93.5 cm x depth 8 cm x width 146.5 cm
    • height 82 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Ernst Heldring bequest, 1954)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; bequeathed by Dr Ernst Heldring (1871-1954) to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1954;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

    • Ars Asiatica I (1914), p. 58, pl. XLV.
    • Cat. tent. Exposition de peintures Chinoises anciennes (Musée Cernuschi), 1912, cat.nr. 1.
    • Cat. tent. Collection Victor Goloubew, 1912-1913, cat.nr. 34.
    • H.F.E. Visser, Art treasures from the east, 1954, pl. 37
    • Cat. tent. Fantastics and eccentrism in Chinse painting, (Asia House), 1976, cat.nr. 31
    • F.H.E. Visser, Asiatic art in private collections in Holland and Belgium, 1948, nr. 209, pl. 114

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