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A painted image of pink, yellow, and green leaves with a grey form behind them. There are small purple flowers behind. There is Chinese writing along the top-right.

The painted ink image shows a cluster of leaves that are colored pink, yellow, and then green. The leaves are right-of-center. Behind them is a round, speckled grey form to the bottom-left. Behind the form are four small, round purple flowers with yellow centers. There are horizontal rows of Chinese writing in black ink from the top-right of the image towards the top-center. There is a small red outlined symbol that is square in shape to the left of the writing. There is another red outlined symbol at the bottom-left of the image. The background is off-white.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.381.9
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/201450

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'
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
1984.381.9
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

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