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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1931.20
People
Zhu Zhanji (Emperor Xuanzong) 朱瞻基 (明宣宗), Chinese (1399 - 1435; r. as the Xuande Emperor 1426-1435)
Title
Two Saluki Hounds
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Saluki Dogs
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
album leaf, painting
Date
dated to 1427
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/209917

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Album leaf; ink and light colors on paper; with inscription reading "Xuande dingwei yubi xixie"
Dimensions
H. 26.2 x W. 34.6 cm (10 5/16 x 13 5/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
A 10-045 (Suzuki Kei)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Charles A. Coolidge
Accession Year
1931
Object Number
1931.20
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-59 and I-433, no. A 10-045
  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 31, p. 35
  • Richard M. Barnhart, Painters of the Great Ming: The Imperial Court and the Zhe School, exh. cat., Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, TX, 1993), p. 54, cat. 15
  • Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, vol. 209, no. 7, October 1, 1996, Cover image

Exhibition History

  • Chinese Painting and Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/17/1991 - 01/26/1992
  • Painters of the Great Ming: The Imperial Court and the Zhe School, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 03/10/1993 - 05/09/1993; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 06/03/1993 - 08/01/1993
  • Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/03/1995 - 06/09/1996
  • A Compelling Legacy: Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/24/2004 - 03/20/2005

Verification Level

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