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Explore image in Artist, attributed to: Zheng Sixiao, Chinese, 1241–1318
An Orchid in Autumn
Late 13th–early 14th century
Handscroll: ink on paper
image (Painting): 9 1/8 × 21 7/8 in. (23.2 × 55.6 cm)
image (First Colophon): 9 3/16 × 178 1/2 in. (23.3 × 453.4 cm)
image (Second Colophon): 9 3/4 × 77 3/4 in. (24.8 × 197.5 cm)
rolled: 2 1/4 × 10 5/8 × 2 3/8 in. (5.72 × 26.99 × 6.03 cm)
image (First Colophon): 9 3/16 × 178 1/2 in. (23.3 × 453.4 cm)
image (Second Colophon): 9 3/4 × 77 3/4 in. (24.8 × 197.5 cm)
rolled: 2 1/4 × 10 5/8 × 2 3/8 in. (5.72 × 26.99 × 6.03 cm)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
1952.52.20
Geography:
China
Culture:
Chinese
Period:
Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
Classification:
Paintings
Provenance:
Mrs. William H. Moore (Ada Small Moore) (1858–1955), New York; gift in 1952 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 297, ill.
Mimi Gardner Gates, The Communion of Scholars: Chinese Art at Yale, exh. cat. (New York: China House Gallery, 1982), 104–106, no. 47, ill.
Osvald Sirén, Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles, 7 vols. (New York: Hacker Art Books, 1973), 45, vol. 2, ill.
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.
