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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.825
Title
Birds in Winter Woods
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
handscroll, painting
Date
17th-18th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Ming (1368-1644) to Qing (1644-1911) dynasty
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210966

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper; with spurious signature reading "Heyang Guo Xi"; with colophon
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 29.3 x W. 114.7 cm (11 9/16 x 45 3/16 in.)
colophon: H. 29.3 x W. 66 cm (11 9/16 x 26 in.)
mounting: H. 33.8 cm (13 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA, purchased from the estate of Rhode Island Senator Theodore Francis Green, August 1968; bequest to Harvard Art Museum

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.825
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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