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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1961.63
Title
Waves in the Moonlight
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Date
probably Southern Song or Yuan, 13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Southern Song period (1127-1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202791

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Circular album painting mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and gold on silk
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 30.7 × W. 29.5 cm (12 1/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
overall mounting, including roller ends and suspension cord: H. 122.5 × W. 53.5 cm (48 1/4 × 21 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
A 10-003 (Suzuki Kei)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, B. A. G. Fuller Bequest Fund
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
1961.63
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Masuda sales catalog, auct. cat. (1935)
  • 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei, exh. cat., Haus der Kunst München (Munich, German, 1959)
  • Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society, Oriental Ceramics Society (London, England, 1959 - 1960), pl. 9
  • Robert J. Maeda, [Unidentified article], Artibus Asiae (1971), XXXIII, no. 4, pl. 12
  • 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-54 and I-432, no. A 10-003

Verification Level

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