1923.150.10: Poppy, Bush and Garden Rock
Paintings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1923.150.10
- People
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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
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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
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- seal: artist seal; upper left corner after inscription; rectangular, intaglio: 慰芝 [Weizhi]
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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
- Permissions
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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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Verification Level
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