Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
9-11/16 x 10-3/4 x 1-1/4 in. (overall)
Period
Dynasty
Mark Description
Artist's Seals Inscribed by Mei Qing Colophons on facing page by Gu Yuguan (1693-?) with each leaf
Accession Number
Credit Line
The Beeler Fund, Jane Weldon Myers Art Fund
Copyright
Collection
Asian Art (Chinese and other Asian)
Color Palette
Provenance
Owned by a prime minister from Anhui in 1741.{1} You Wenhua [b. 1922], Owned by a Shanghai collector in 1980.{2} Purchased by Richard Chen from a Beijing collector, about 2002;{3} Auctioned at (Christie's, Hong Kong, China], in 2006;{4} (Dealer James Freeman, Kyoto, Japan); purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, with funds provided by the Jane Weldon Myers Art Fund and the Beeler Fund, in 2006. {1} According to an inscription in the album by Gu Yuguan [1693-?]. {2} Inside title by the Shanghai artist Xie Zhiliu dated 1980 done for You Wenhua. {3} From email. {4} Christie's Hong Kong, "Fine Classical Chinese Paintings and Calligraphies," 29 May 2006, sale 2307, lot 661 (illustration)
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