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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.899
Title
Scenes from Romance of the Western Chamber (Xixiang ji)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Hsi-hsiang-ji
Classification
Prints
Work Type
hanging scroll
Date
1747
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210981

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
image proper: H. 97.4 x W. 51.4 cm (38 3/8 x 20 1/4 in.)
paper mounting only: H. 165.7 x W. 64.1 cm (65 1/4 x 25 1/4 in.)
full mounting, including cord and roller ends: H. 169.5 x W. 69.9 cm (66 3/4 x 27 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philip Hofer (1898-1984) purchased from Tokyo dealer Sorimachi in November 1967; bequest to Harvard Art Museums, 1985.

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
1985.899
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • T. June Li and Suzanne E. Wright, Gardens, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints, exh. cat., The Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens (San Marino, 2016), p. 8, ill.; pp. 112-113, cat. no. 24

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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