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Asian Art
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.
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