1935.37.28: New Year Print: A Cat Catching a Mouse
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1935.37.28
- Title
- New Year Print: A Cat Catching a Mouse
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- early 20th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Sichuan province, Jiajiang
- Period
- Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/206681
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of a poem reading from right to left: "Ci mao shenshi mengyong/ Liangyan qiasi (ling?) long/ Si zhua youru gangcha/ Laoshu bu gan cheng xiong" ("This cat is so fierce/ Two eyes are like gems/ Four claws are like steel sickles/ Rats dare not show off"), and a color printed inscription in purple: "Chi Ling" ("Imperial Edict"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.
- Dimensions
- paper: 44.5 x 26.2 cm (17 1/2 x 10 5/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Carl Schuster, Esq.
- Accession Year
- 1935
- Object Number
- 1935.37.28
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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