1927.180: The Lady of Gems and the White Elephant Adorned with the Flaming Jewel, after Wanfoxia Frescoes

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1927.180

People

Allan Clark, American (Missoula, MT 1896 - 1950 Grand Junction, CO)

Title

The Lady of Gems and the White Elephant Adorned with the Flaming Jewel, after Wanfoxia Frescoes

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Copies of Frescoes in Caves Visited by Second Expedition to China

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1925

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306390

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on buff laid paper

Dimensions

24 x 28.8 cm (9 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: red stamp with Chinese characters, u.l.: [seal of [Allan] Clark]
• label: l.r. of face mat, paper, stamped: 71
• inscription: verso, black watercolor: Cave 5-- West wall-- left side of panel
• inscription: verso, graphite: [encircled:] 2
• inscription: verso, graphite, erased: Wan Fo Hsia / West [illeg.]
• inscription: verso of mat, graphite: [encircled:] 2

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Allan Clark, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Allan Clark

Accession Year

1927

Object Number

1927.180

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Commentary

This is copied from a fresco on the left side of the west wall panel in Cave 5 at Wanfoxia (=Wan Fo Hsia), Kansu province, China.

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