1985.899: Scenes from Romance of the Western Chamber (Xixiang ji)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.899
- Title
- Scenes from Romance of the Western Chamber (Xixiang ji)
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Hsi-hsiang-ji
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- hanging scroll
- Date
- 1747
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/210981
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, with hand-applied color
- Dimensions
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image proper: H. 97.4 x W. 51.4 cm (38 3/8 x 20 1/4 in.)
paper mounting only: H. 165.7 x W. 64.1 cm (65 1/4 x 25 1/4 in.)
full mounting, including cord and roller ends: H. 169.5 x W. 69.9 cm (66 3/4 x 27 1/2 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Philip Hofer (1898-1984) purchased from Tokyo dealer Sorimachi in November 1967; bequest to Harvard Art Museums, 1985.
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
- 1985.899
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- T. June Li and Suzanne E. Wright, Gardens, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints, exh. cat., The Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens (San Marino, 2016), p. 8, ill.; pp. 112-113, cat. no. 24
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/08/2016 - 04/27/2016
- China in Twelve Artworks, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/23/2016 - 05/08/2016
- Garden, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints, The Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, 09/17/2016 - 01/09/2017
Verification Level
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