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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1968.108
People
Manner of Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧, Chinese (1835 - 1908)
Title
Peonies
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Date
late 19th-early 20th Century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202505

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; colors on paper; with large red square relief seal reading "Ci Xi Huang Tai Hou Yu Bi Zhi Bao" (Treasure made by the imperial brush of Empress Dowager Cixi)
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 130.2 x W. 62.9 cm (51 1/4 x 24 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • seal: Large red square relief seal located at top center: Ci xi huang tai hou yu bi zhi bao (Treasure made by the imperial brush of Empress Dowager Cixi)
  • seal: red square intaglio seal following inscription on mounting, lower left: Pu Ru
  • seal: red square intaglio seal, lower right: Liao Dong hui shi jia cang

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Paul Bernat
Accession Year
1968
Object Number
1968.108
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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