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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.844
Title
Water Buffalo Boy Reading Books on the Road
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211103

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
43.7 x 44.7 cm (17 3/16 x 17 5/8 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
1985.844
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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