1928.50: Dragon Finial, after a Ming Dynasty Roof
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1928.50
- People
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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
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- 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
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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
- Permissions
-
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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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