Mandarin Ducks Among Dried Lotus Artist, attributed to: Ma Linper label (Chinese, ca. 1180–after 1256)

14th–17th century

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Album leaf, Ink and color on silk, silk wrapping

Dimensions

unframeed: 10 × 1 3/4 in. (25.4 × 4.4 cm)
framed: 14 1/2 × 13 in. (36.8 × 33 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1952.52.25.15

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Classification

Paintings

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Provenance
Ton-ying and Company, (????) Paris and New York; sold to Mrs. William H. Moore (Ada Small Moore,1858–1955), New York, 1926; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1952
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

animal art

Subject

Mandarin ducks lotus

Marks

Three seals on painting: 1 unidentified, 2 of Xiang Yuanbian; cipher and seal of Emperor Huizong, upper left and cut off.\r\nSeven seals on mounting - Li zi shou (2), Wen Yunxin (2), 2 are unidentified. \r\nSeal on mounting: Mrs. William H. Moore (collector)

Signed

n.s.

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