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FROM THE COLLECTION OF ELLEN BRAILSFORD
ELLIOTT (LOTS 20-22)
ELLEN BRAILSFORD ELLIOTT珍藏
Ellen Brailsford Elliott (1902-1990) was inspired to begin collecting
Chinese paintings by her son, John, who was a classmate at Princeton
University of Professor Wen Fong, who guided him in his initial
purchases. Mrs. Elliott moved to Princeton in 1959 and took classes
from Professor Fong after his transition from student to faculty and
studied intensively as a university museum docent. She visited China
in 1980 and 1983 to personally better understand the country and its
culture. Many items from Mrs. Elliott’s collection were donated to the
Princeton Art Museum, which published her collection in 1984 in the
exhibition catalogue Images of the Mind.

Ellen Brailsford Elliott (1902-1990) 從她的兒子John得到啟發而開
始收藏。John和普林斯頓大學的方聞教授是同學，方聞教授也
是最早帶領John收藏的人。在一九五九年，Elliott女士搬家到普
林斯頓。當方聞從學生變成了教授，開始授課的時候，Elliott女
士也開始上他的課。同時她也在普林斯頓大學美術館努力學習
成一名導覽員。她曾在一九八零年和一九八三年兩度到中國旅
遊，以更加親身體驗和了解中國文化。Elliott女士的很多收藏已
經捐贈給普林斯頓大學美術館，並且出現在一九八四年為此特
別展覽而出版的圖錄《心靈的圖像》。

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WEN DIAN (1633-1704)
Landscape
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
39 ¿ x 15 ¬ in. (99.4 x 39.7 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with fve seals of the artist
Dated twelfth month, jiwei year (1679)

$15,000-25,000

This painting was formerly on long term loan to the Princeton
University Art Museum.

清 文點 山水 水墨紙本 立軸 一六七九年作
題識：文曾世兄長先生六十初度，為寫寒林圖奉壽，並賦勘酒
詩十首聊敘累世相知之雅，且以志諗葉今昔之感苐。詞句甚陋
不足發先生一笑也。竺塢樗潛弟文點時己未（1679年）臘月望
後二日。
鈐印：文點、竺塢山人、長吉詩室、竺塢文點、文與殹
註：此幅畫作曾經長期借展給普林斯頓大學美術館。

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