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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1928.50
People
Allan Clark, American (Missoula, MT 1896 - 1950 Grand Junction, CO)
Title
Dragon Finial, after a Ming Dynasty Roof
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Architectural Detail. Head of a Dragon
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1925
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306471

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on buff laid paper
Dimensions
16 x 24.1 cm (6 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: Allan Clark / -Mar 31, 1925-
  • label: l.r. of face mat, paper, stamped and handwritten: 51 [crossed off; inscribed in graphite: 50]
  • inscription: u.r., red watercolor over graphite, in artist's hand: Ming Fiaence [sic] finial tile/ Kiehsiu, Shansi, China
  • stamp: l.l., red ink, stamped: Chinese characters phonetically translated as [seal of [Allan] Clark]

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
1928
Object Number
1928.50
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
This is copied from a Ming Dynasty architectural detail at Kiehsiu Temple, Shansi province, China.

Verification Level

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