This image shows a bamboo plant and writing in black, and a red stamp on off white paper.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

This Image shows a black bamboo plant over three quarters of the image, with black writing and a red stamp in the bottom left corner. The bamboo plant has two branches with the leaves in the foreground depicted darker than those in the background. The writing in the bottom left is arranged into two vertical lines. The red stamp is to the left of the black writing and is a square shape.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.145
People
Cho Hŭi-ryong, Korean (1789 - 1866)
Title
Bamboo
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Date
mid-19th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/99890

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Folding album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll (from an album of sixteen leaves); ink on paper; with an inscription by the artist; with one seal of the artist
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 28.2 x W. 41.2 cm (11 1/8 x 16 1/4 in.)
mounting, including cord and roller ends: H. 106.7 x W. 67.9 cm (42 x 26 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Kang Collection, New York (2002)] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase in honor of James Cuno through the generosity of Robert D. Mowry and through the William M. Prichard Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.145
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/01/2018 - 12/07/2018

Verification Level

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