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A painted image of one large purple flower and small pink flowers behind it. There is Chinese writing to the left.

The painted ink image shows a large purple flower with long, rounded petals left-of-center and its long, narrow stem and leaves that come out from the bottom-right of the image. Behind these leaves is a round, grey form. Behind the form are four small, fanned out pink flowers with small leaves. The pink flowers have a stripe of black across them. There are two vertical rows of Chinese writing in black ink to the left of the page. 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
1984.381.8
People
Zhang Xiong 張熊, Chinese (1803 - 1886)
Title
Iris and Pinks (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/201449

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
1984.381.8
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
  • 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

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