2003.86.2: Blossoming Plum Tree
PaintingsThe long, narrow painted scroll shows a large, angular branch that splits into two branches in the center of the scroll. The branch begins at the bottom-left, with one side curving around on the left side and the other pointing towards the top of the scroll. The branches are light grey in color and have darker grey and black spots along their outline. The larger branches break out into many small branches that have many small pink flowers on them. There are vertical rows of Chinese writing to the middle-left of the scroll with a small red symbol at the bottom of the row. The background is off-white.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.86.2
- People
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Cho Hŭi-ryong, Korean (1789 - 1866)
- Title
- Blossoming Plum Tree
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- hanging scroll, painting
- Date
- mid-19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
- Period
- Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
- Culture
- Korean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/93773
Location
- Location
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Level 2, Room 2600, East Asian Art, East Asian Painting and Decorative Arts
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- One of two vertical panels mounted as hanging scrolls, the panels from a folding screen and probably from a set of eight; ink and colors on paper
- Dimensions
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H. 143.9 x W. 41.9 cm (56 5/8 x 16 1/2 in.)
mount: H. 220.98 x W. 66.36 cm (87 x 26 1/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Kang Collection, New York (2003)] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
- Accession Year
- 2003
- Object Number
- 2003.86.2
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- Cultivating Virtue: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/08/2006 - 04/08/2007
- 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/01/2018 - 12/07/2018; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/02/2025 - 12/01/2025
Verification Level
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