Cat and Butterfly | Yale University Art Gallery

19th century

Medium: Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
Dimensions: without mounting: 53 1/16 × 12 11/16 in. (134.8 × 32.2 cm)
with mounting: 91 3/4 × 19 3/4 in. (233 × 50.2 cm)
with rollers: 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm)
Credit Line: The Clyde and Helen Wu Collection of Chinese Painting, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Wu
Accession Number: 2002.141.2
Geography: China
Culture: Chinese
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Classification: Paintings
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Provenance

Helen T. Wu (1929–2015) and Dr. Clyde Wu (1933–2015), Grosse Pointe, Mich., by 2002; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2002

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Object/Work type

hanging scrolls

butterflies cats

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