- Titles "Moored Overnight at Guazhou" in Autumn in Round Fan (Proper)
- Artist Deng Tao, Chinese, active 1860s-1880s
- Medium ink and color on silk
- Dimensions 9 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (24.1 x 25.7 cm)
- Credit Line Museum purchase in honor of Lucy Durr Dunn, 1988.82.20
- Work Type fan painting
- Classification Paintings
- Signature Signature: Xiaoshi Deng Tao 小石鄧濤
- Marks Artist’s Seal: The seal of Chen Tao (square, white characters) 臣濤印
- Inscription Artist’s Inscription (top left): Winding banks of a stream, going against the current. The sounds of the river are endless. The autumn extends for ten thousand miles. In the tranquil night the mists fade, a cold moon ascends. Unable to sleep, I listened to the fish murmuring while mooring at Guazhou. “Moored Overnight at Guazhou,” painted and inscribed. Dedicated to Xiaoyuan. In autumn, the seventh month of jiaxu (1874). Xiaoshi Deng Tao. 灣碕曲處逆潮流無限江聲萬里秋夜静烟銷寒月上醒聞魚話泊瓜洲寫瓜洲夜泊图并題筱園大兄大人雅属甲戌秋七月小石鄧濤 Winding banks of a stream, going against the current. The sounds of the river are endless; the autumn extends for ten thousand miles. In the tranquil night the mists fade, a cold moon ascends. Awakening to the fish murmuring, moored at Guazhou. Executing the work "Moored Overnight at Guazhou" and noting it. Made for Xiao yuan da xiong da ren, during autumn in the seventh month of jia-xu (1874), Xiao shi, Deng Tao.
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