Evening Lantern Party in an Orchard
PaintingsChinese16th century

Evening Lantern Party in an Orchard

1595

Artists

Li ShidaArtist
Classification
Paintings
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on silk; with signature reading "Li Shida"
Culture
Chinese
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Century
16th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

47 cm (18 1/2 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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