1981.206: Scholar's Rock
SculptureA 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
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Level 2, Room 2620, East Asian Art
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ying stone: black limestone with veins of white calcite. From Yingde, Guangdong province.
- Dimensions
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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
- Permissions
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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
Verification Level
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