Two Beauties
PaintingsChinese19th century

Two Beauties

19th century

Artists

Fei Danxu 費丹旭Artist
Classification
Paintings
Medium
Folding fan painting mounted as an album leaf: ink and colors on gold paper
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Century
19th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 21 x W. 49.6 cm (8 1/4 x 19 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Theodore Francis Green estate (by 1968), Rhode Island, sold; to Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1968-1984), bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1984.

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