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A black and white painted ink image of two bunches of long, slender flowers growing out from grass and an organic form behind them. There is Chinese writing along the top-left of the image.

The painted ink image is of two bunches of flowers with long, slender stems and leaves around them. The image is black, grey, and off-white. The flowers’ stems and leaves extend from the bottom-right to the center. Some of the leaves are droopy or bent downward. The flowers’ tops have small, round light colored petals with a dark, round center with dots in it. Each bunch has three flowers. The bottom of the stems are detailed with small, dark blades of grass. Behind the flowers on the right is a large, organic form that is detailed with small grey lines. There are six vertical rows of Chinese writing in black ink from the top-center of the image towards the top-left. There is a small red outlined symbol that is square in shape to the left of the writing. There is a larger red outlined symbol at the bottom-left of the image.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.381.11
People
Zhang Xiong 張熊, Chinese (1803 - 1886)
Title
Narcissus (One of Twelve Album Leaves)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Flowers of the Twelve Months
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, album leaf
Date
1859
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201176

Physical Descriptions

Medium
One leaf from an album of eleven (originally twelve) leaves; ink and color on paper; with signature of the artist reading 'Yuanhu 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
1984.381.11
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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