Portrait of Lady Su Hui with a Palindrome

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1931.11
People: Traditionally attributed to Guan Daosheng 管道昇, Chinese (1262 - 1319)
Title: Portrait of Lady Su Hui with a Palindrome
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: handscroll, painting
Date: probably late 17th to early 19th century
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/206522

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Handscroll; ink and color on silk; with spurious signature and date of 1298
Dimensions: image only: H. 29.3 x W. 253.7 cm (11 9/16 x 99 7/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: A 10-023 (Suzuki Kei)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year: 1931
Object Number: 1931.11
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

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-56 and I-432, no. A 10-023
Jennifer Purtle, "Guam Daosheng and the Idea of a Great Woman Artist", Orientations (Hong Kong, March/April 2018), vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 109-117, p. 116, fig. 9

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