Brown-toned hanging scroll with painting of mountains and water
painting proper Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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This tall, narrow hanging scroll is painted with a mountainous landscape. In the foreground are two low, wide buildings attached by a covered walkway. The land they stand on is bordered on the right by a large body of water that extends into the background. Figures walk around the buildings. To the left of the shore and in the background are tall, snow-covered mountains. Another patch of land with trees and buildings can be seen at the base of the mountains in the background.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1968.73
People
Yuan Jiang 袁江, Chinese (active ca. 1680 - ca. 1730)
Title
Snowscape
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Date
1716
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202754

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk; with signature reading "Yuan Jiang hua"
Dimensions
painting proper: 198.1 x 108 cm (78 x 42 1/2 in.)
mounting: 337.8 x 137.2 cm (133 x 54 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ex-Collection: Senator Theodore Francis Green (1867-1966), Rhode Island

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
A 10-022 (Suzuki Kei)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Asian Art Objects Fund
Accession Year
1968
Object Number
1968.73
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Suzuki Kei, Chugoku kaiga sogo zuroku, Amerika Kanada hen (Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings, Volume 1: American and Canadian Collections), University of Tokyo Press (Tokyo, Japan, 1982), pp. I-55 and I-432, no. A 10-022

Exhibition History

  • Chinese Painting and Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/17/1991 - 01/26/1992
  • Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/03/1995 - 06/09/1996
  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/09/2017 - 12/07/2017

Verification Level

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