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The painted ink image is of a woman standing on a wooden branch floating on water. She is dressed in a pink and white dress with a green shawl and she is holding a stick behind her. There is a blue object and a white, spotted deer on the branch as well. There is Chinese writing to the left.

The painted ink image shows a woman standing on an angular, brown branch with small blue buds on it. The branch has small, grey wavy lines beneath it. There are also a small, blue object and a white deer with black spots laying down on the branch left-of-center. The deer is facing away from the viewer and has small, black antlers. The woman is right-of-center and is dressed in a loose, pink top, a long, white skirt, a light green cloth on her shoulders, and small, pink ribbons attached to her hip. Her hair is tied into a bun on top of her head and her face is round with a long, slender nose, a small red mouth, slim slanted eyes that are looking at the viewer. She is holding a thin, green stick behind her at an angle. The background is pale grey and there are two vertical rows of Chinese writing ink black ink to the left side.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.122.2
People
Qian Hui'an 錢慧安, Chinese (1833 - 1911)
Title
Woman and Deer on a Raft
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, album leaf
Date
late 19th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/199631

Physical Descriptions

Medium
One leaf from an album of nine leaves; ink and light colors on paper
Dimensions
26.4 x 32.9 cm (10 3/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Qian Huian

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. Arnold Knapp, New York (by 1951-1956), bequest; to the Fogg Museum, 1956.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Dr. Arnold Knapp
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
1956.122.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Chinese and Japanese Painting of the Early Modern Era, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/27/1993 - 07/04/1993
  • East Asia in the Nineteenth Century, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/05/1994 - 08/21/1994
  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/09/2016 - 12/01/2016

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