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A painted image of a large white flower behind large green leaves and small pink flowers. There is Chinese writing to the right.

The painted ink image is of a large, white flower near the center. The flower has a yellow center. It is behind a large, green fanned out leaf that is at the bottom-left of the image. Above the white flower is a small branch with tiny pink dots on it that reaches towards the center. A stem extends out from the bottom towards the top-left and has large green leaves at the top. To the right side of the image are two long vertical rows of Chinese writing in black ink, with a small red outlined symbol that is square in shape to the bottom-left of the writing. The background of the image is off-white.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.381.3
People
Zhang Xiong 張熊, Chinese (1803 - 1886)
Title
Lotus Blossom (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/201447

Physical Descriptions

Medium
One leaf from an album of eleven (originally twelve) leaves; ink and color on paper; with signature of the artist reading 'Zixiang Zhang Xiong'
Dimensions
16.6 x 22.1 cm (6 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: right side, ink on paper, calligraphy, Chinese, signed, in artist's hand: Tzu-hsiang Chang Hsiung

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.381.3
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 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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