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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.898
People
Sun Gan 孫淦 (active early 20th century)
Title
Lychee, Cicada, and Insects
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, fan
Date
1934
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211008

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Fan painting; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
25.3 x 54.2 cm (9 15/16 x 21 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: by artist: 人間何處境清涼,畫舫珠娘荔子鄉;
    最是不孤香色味,枝枝紅亞舵樓旁。

    甲戌初夏

    孙志泉
  • seal: of artist; square, intaglio:
    孫淦畫印 [Painted by Sun Gan]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA, purchased from the estate of Rhode Island Senator Theodore Francis Green, August 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
1985.898
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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