26.6 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA, purchased from the estate of Rhode Island Senator Theodore Francis Green, August 1968; bequest to Harvard Art Museum
Framed section of an illustrated Buddhist manuscript; ink and color on paper. Reportedly retrieved from Dunhuang, Gansu province.
8th-9th centuryChineseAlbum leaf (one from a set of eight); ink on paper
17th centuryChineseOne of fifty-four paintings (originally fifty-five); ink and color on paper
20th centuryChineseFolding fan on baitong (nickel brass) frame; ink and color on silk; signed 'Yangzhu Shanren' on one side and 'Li Zhuxi' on the other; inscribed transciption of "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Gathering" on the frame
20th centuryChineseAlbum leaf; ink and color on silk
ChineseAlbum leaf; ink and color on silk
ChineseHanging scroll
ChineseAlbum leaf; ink and color on paper
ChineseOne leaf from an album of eleven (originally twelve) leaves; ink and color on paper; with signature of the artist reading 'Zixiang'
19th centuryChineseOne of fifty-four paintings (originally fifty-five); ink and color on paper
20th centuryChineseHanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper; with inscription, signature, and seal of the artist
20th centuryChineseOne of fifty-four paintings (originally fifty-five); ink and color on paper
20th centuryChinese