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A painted ink image of orange and purple flowers with stems that are covered in green leaves. There is Chinese writing along the left side.

The painted ink image shows three round yellow flowers on the right with orange centers and round purple flowers with yellow centers in the middle and to the left of the image. All of the flowers have many small petals. There are two large orange flowers and one smaller flower on the right. The purple flower in the center is larger than the three other smaller ones. Their stems come out from the bottom-right and have many round, green leaves. There are four vertical rows of Chinese writing to the left of the image. There is a small red outlined symbol that is square in shape to the left of the writing. The background is off-white.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.381.10
People
Zhang Xiong 張熊, Chinese (1803 - 1886)
Title
Chrysanthemums (One of Twelve Album Leaves)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Flowers of the Twelve Months
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
album leaf, painting
Date
1859
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201175

Physical Descriptions

Medium
One leaf from an album of eleven (originally twelve) leaves; ink and color on paper; with signature of the artist reading 'Zhang Xiong'
Dimensions
16.6 x 22.1 cm (6 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.381.10
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Plum, Orchid, Chrysanthemum, and Bamboo: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/06/2002 - 01/05/2003
  • Forging the New: East Asian Painting in the Twentieth Century, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2005 - 10/16/2005
  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/03/2015 - 06/07/2016

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