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A painted image of two strands of pink flowers and green leaves. There is Chinese writing to the right.

The painted ink image shows two strands of pink flowers drooping down in a line. The flowers are round in shape and some have a white droplet coming from them. They are right and above center while there is a cluster of green leaves fanning out from the bottom-left corner. There are small, narrow leaves in the bottom-left corner behind. There is a vertical row of Chinese writing in black ink to the right side of the image. There is a small red outlined symbol that is square in shape to the bottom of the row. The background is off-white.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.381.6
People
Zhang Xiong 張熊, Chinese (1803 - 1886)
Title
Flowers (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/201448

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.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.381.6
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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