Name/Title
明代太常寺少卿夏昶像石刻拓片Entry/Object ID
TP-142Description
Framed Chinese stone rubbing depicting Xia Chang 夏昶, also known in older transcription as Hsia Chang, a Ming dynasty scholar-official and painter celebrated for his ink bamboo works. The inscription identifies him as Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices and refers to his fame for painting bamboo and rocks. The handwritten note on the reverse states that the piece was brought back from China in 1945. A commemorative portrait rubbing of a major Ming literatus associated with integrity, refinement and the scholar-painter tradition.
此件为中国石刻人物像拓片，表现明代文臣、画家夏昶。题识称其为**“明太常寺少卿夏公昶”，并以“一竹一石，缣素流传”**等语概括其以墨竹、竹石画闻名于世。背面英文手写题记称此件于1945年由中国带回。此类作品属于中国传统名贤画像石刻拓片体系，兼具艺术史、文人文化与收藏研究价值。
