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Egret at a Waterside

14th–17th century

Painting on silk

11 5/8 × 7 3/8 in. (29.5 × 18.7 cm) unframed
14 3/8 × 10 1/4 in. (36.5 × 26 cm) framed
Katharine Ordway Collection
1980.13.27
Geography: 
China
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Culture: 
Chinese
Period: 
Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Classification: 
Paintings
Provenance: 

Katharine Ordway (1899–1979) Collection, Weston, Conn.; bequest in 1980 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography: 

Lesley K. Baier, The Katharine Ordway Collection, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1983), 114, no. 94.

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.