A hanging tapestry featuring a large rock formation at the center with flowers and plants surrounding it. It has a dark blue background and an off-white frame.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A rectangular hanging tapestry mounted on a scroll featuring a large rock formation at the center. The formation is off-white and tan colored with many lines throughout it. On top of the formation are thin, green leaves coming out. At the bottom-right of the formation are many white flowers with long, green leaves bent at an angle. Below them are more small formations that are colored blue and off-white. It has a dark blue background and an off-white frame.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1968.41
Title
Rocks, Bamboo, Narcissus, and Fungi
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
hanging scroll
Date
17th cent. - 18th cent.
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202121

Physical Descriptions

Medium
'Kesi' tapestry mounted as a hanging scroll; silk woven in tapestry weave, selected details painted with brush and pigment
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 109.2 × W. 57 cm (43 × 22 7/16 in.)
overall mounting, including roller ends and suspension cord: H. 175.3 × W. 83.2 cm (69 × 32 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ex-Collection: Senator Theodore Francis Green, Rhode Island

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Asian Art Objects Fund
Accession Year
1968
Object Number
1968.41
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 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: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/07/2017 - 06/01/2018

Verification Level

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