PaintingsChinese

Village Life in Autumn

Classification

Paintings

Medium

Handscroll; ink and light color on silk

Culture

Chinese

Period

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

49.4 cm (19 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA, purchased from the estate of Rhode Island Senator Theodore Francis Green, August 1968; bequest to Harvard Art Museum

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