Li Rihua

Li Rihua (1565–1635) was a Chinese bureaucrat, artist and art critic from Jiaxing, during the late Ming Dynasty.[1][2] He wrote an extensive diary, the Weishuixuan riji (Water-Tasting Gallery Diary), from 1609 to 1616, which detailed his many acquisitions as an art collector.[3] The diary is so named because Li had a reputation as a connoisseur of tea, and was particularly skilled at selecting the best water with which to brew it.[4] He made inscriptions on several paintings of courtesan Xue Susu.[5] In the autumn of 1612, Li Rihua's disciples brought him a statue of Guanyin hand-embroidered by Xue Susu and a volume of "Prajna Heart Sutra", which Li Rihua rated as "extremely exquisite".[6]

References

  1. ^ Kember, Pamela (2012). Benezit Dictionary of Asian Artists. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199923014.001.0001. ISBN 9780199923014.
  2. ^ Timothy Brook (9 July 2010). Vermeer's Hat: The seventeenth century and the dawn of the global world. Profile Books. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-84765-254-6. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  3. ^ N. Standaert (1988). Yang Tingyun, Confucian and Christian in Late Ming China: His Life and Thought. BRILL. p. 28. ISBN 978-90-04-08127-7. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  4. ^ Jamie Greenbaum (2007). Chen Jiru (1558–1639). BRILL. p. 164. ISBN 978-90-04-16358-4. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  5. ^ Berg, D. (2009). "Cultural Discourse on Xue Susu, A Courtesan in Late Ming China" (PDF). International Journal of Asian Studies. 6 (2): 171–200. doi:10.1017/S1479591409000205.
  6. ^ "Jiayou Beauty｜Xue Susu: "Riding a horse with a slingshot", a legendary life".