Accession Number1969/1.102
TitleFlowers and Plum Blossoma
Artist(s)Qian Juying (Ch'ien Chü-ying)Object Creation Date1861Medium & Supportfan mounted as album leaf, ink and color on gold flecked paperDimensions 8 11/16 in x 22 1/16 in (22 cm x 56 cm);18 in x 27 15/16 in (45.8 cm x 71 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection FundLabel copyQian Juying was a woman artist descended from a long line of well-known scholar-painters. She was well known for her skills in painting and poetry, and in this fan she painted the plum blossoms at the left. As noted elsewhere in the gallery, plum blossoms were a favorite subject among scholar-amateur painters, because of their associations with Confucian values. The more colorful flowers near the center of the fan were painted by an artist who has yet to be identified.
Maribeth Graybill, Senior Curator of Asian Art
Exhibited in "Flora and Fauna in Chinese Art," April 6, 2002 - December 1, 2002.
Physical DescriptionA fan mounted on an album leaf with ink paintings of flowers and plum blossoms and calligraphy.
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Keywords
calligraphy
flowers
plum tree