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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.202
People
Mo Ce 莫測 (Xuyi, Jiangsu, China born 1928)
Title
Nocturnal Irrigations
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 夜灌
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1973
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359645

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
image: H. 28.4 × W. 50.9 cm (11 3/16 × 20 1/16 in.)
paper: H. 34 × W. 53.9 cm (13 3/8 × 21 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mo Ce, Beijing, China (1973-2010), gift; to daughter-in-law Yiling Mao and son Ping Mo, Beijing and New York (2010-2017), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017.

Footnotes:
Artist Mo Ce (b. 1928)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Yiling Mao (AB '91 AM '94) and Ping Mo (MArch '90)
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.202
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Night scene with reflections of moonlight on watter-logged terraced fields

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/04/2023 - 12/04/2023

Verification Level

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