Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA, purchased from the estate of Rhode Island Senator Theodore Francis Green, July 1968; bequest to Harvard Art Museum
Album leaf; ink and light color on paper
ChineseSection of a wall painting; polychromy on unfired clay
7th centuryChineseAlbum leaf; ink on paper
18th centuryChineseHanging scroll; ink on silk
ChineseHanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
19th centuryChineseAlbum leaf; ink and color on paper
ChineseHorizontal wall scroll; ink and color on paper, with artist’s dated signature
20th centuryChinesePainted side of a folding fan on carved and inscribed wood frame; ink and color on light blue paper; inscription on frame in gold
18th centuryChineseFragment of a wall painting: ink and colors on a white-washed clay ground. Probably from a Daoist temple in Shanxi province, style of Yonglegong.
14th centuryChineseAlbum leaf; ink and light color on silk
17th-18th centuryChineseHorizontal wall scroll; ink and color on fibrous paper; with artist's signature and seal
20th centuryChineseAlbum leaf; ink and color on paper
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