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A tall, irregularly shaped rock with large holes through it stands on a red, organically-shaped plinth.

A tall, irregularly shaped rock stands upright on a dark red, organically shaped plinth on a white background. The rock is dark grey colored with a sheen. It is irregularly textured throughout and has large holes through it.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1981.206
Title
Scholar's Rock
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
probably 18th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Guangdong province, Yingde
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201687

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2620, East Asian Art
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ying stone: black limestone with veins of white calcite. From Yingde, Guangdong province.
Dimensions
rock: H. 66 x W. 35 cm (26 x 13 3/4 in.)
rock with base: H. 76.9 x W. 35 x D. 20.5 cm (30 1/4 x 13 3/4 x 8 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Stanley Marcus, Dallas, TX (by 1981), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1981.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus
Accession Year
1981
Object Number
1981.206
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Alan Govenar and Don Ed Hardy, Ed Hardy: Beyond Skin, teNeues Publishing Company (New York, NY, 2009), p. 176, ill.

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
  • Rocks, Mountains, Landscapes, and Gardens: The Essence of East Asian Painting (1997), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/1997 - 09/21/1997
  • Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/25/2000 - 08/26/2001
  • Rocks, Mountains, Landscapes and Gardens: The Essence of East Asian Painting ('04), Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/2004 - 08/01/2004
  • 32Q: 2620 Winter Garden, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

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