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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.188
People
Manner of Zheng Xie 鄭燮, Chinese (1693 - 1765)
Title
Two Orchids
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Date
late 18th-early 19th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201793

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper; with signature reading 'Banqiao' and with seals reading 'Zheng Xie zhi yin' and 'Er shi nian qian jiu Ban Qiao'
Dimensions
97.8 x 37.7 cm (38 1/2 x 14 13/16 in.)
mounting: 185.4 x 61 cm (73 x 24 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Banqiao

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Irmgard Loehr, Portland, Oregon
Dr. and Mrs. Max Loehr, Lexington, Mass.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Irmgard Loehr in memory of Max Loehr
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.188
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Max Loehr, The Great Painters of China, Phaidon Press Limited (Oxford, 1980), p. 325, fig. 185
  • Suzuki Kei, Chugoku kaiga sogo zuroku, Amerika Kanada hen (Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings, Volume 1: American and Canadian Collections), University of Tokyo Press (Tokyo, Japan, 1982), pp. I-60 and I-434, no. A11-001

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