A Hundred Birds Artist: Unknown

19th century

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Hanging scroll; satin with silk embroidery, ivory rollers

Dimensions

43 × 29 in. (109.2 × 73.7 cm)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1937.5600

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Classification

Textiles

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Purchased in China by Mrs. William H. Moore (Ada Small Moore, 1858–1955), New York by 1937; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1937
Bibliography
  • James Prosek and Edith Devaney, James Prosek: Art, Artifact, Artifice, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2020), 104, pl. 82
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

hanging scrolls

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