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A painted image of black branches with pink flowers and buds on them. Long bamboo leaves are behind them.

The painted ink image is of two long, black branches with small pink cherry blossoms and buds on them. The branches extend from the bottom-left corner of the image to the center and point towards the right. The branches are angular in shape. Long, green bamboo leaves are behind the branches and extend from the bottom-left towards the center. The top-right corner of the image has two short vertical rows of Chinese writing in black ink along with a small red outlined symbol that is square in shape to the left of this writing. At the bottom-right of the image is a faded larger square red outlined symbol. The background is off-white.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.381.1
People
Zhang Xiong 張熊, Chinese (1803 - 1886)
Title
Plum Blossoms and Bamboo (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/201554

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
H. 16.6 x W. 22.1 cm (6 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right, ink on paper, calligraphy, Chinese, signed, in artist's hand: Tzu-hsiang Chang Hsiung
  • collector's mark: bottom right, Chinese

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.381.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Plum, Orchid, Chrysanthemum, and Bamboo: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/06/2002 - 01/05/2003
  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/03/2015 - 06/07/2016

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