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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.882
Title
An episode from the Romance of the Western Chamber (Xixiangji 西廂記)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, album leaf
Date
18th cent. - 19th cent.
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/209695

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Album leaf; ink, colors, and gold on paper
Dimensions
painting proper: 29.6 × 22.2 cm (11 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
Overall: 40 × 30 cm (15 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA, purchased from the estate of Rhode Island Senator Theodore Francis Green, July 1968; bequest to Harvard Art Museum

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.882
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Chinese and Japanese Painting of the Early Modern Era, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/27/1993 - 07/04/1993
  • East Asia in the Nineteenth Century, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/05/1994 - 08/21/1994
  • 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
  • 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
  • Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/15/2023 - 01/14/2024

Verification Level

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