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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1923.150.10
People
Lady Weizhi 慰芝女史
Title
Poppy, Bush and Garden Rock
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, album leaf
Date
1881
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/209730

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Album leaf; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
painting only: H. 30.1 x W. 32.5 cm (11 7/8 x 12 13/16 in.)
mat: H. 35.2 x W. 44 cm (13 7/8 x 17 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • seal: artist seal; upper left corner after inscription; rectangular, intaglio: 慰芝 [Weizhi]
  • inscription: 迎風似舞腰肢細 帶雨如含又如笑 拟北宋畫法 辛巳如月中浣 慰芝女史

    A beauty dancing in the wind, bowing its slim waist and smiling as the rain drops upon its petals.　

    [Made] in the Northern Song painting style in mid-February of 1881 by Lady Weizhi.

    (Translated by Yuhua Ding)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Edward B. Bruce Collection of Chinese Paintings; Gift of Galen L. Stone
Accession Year
1923
Object Number
1923.150.10
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/29/2021 - 07/17/2022

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