Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA, purchased from the estate of Rhode Island Senator Theodore Francis Green, July 1968; bequest to Harvard Art Museum
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk; one scroll from a set of ten paintings
15th-16th centuryChineseAlbum leaf; ink and light colors on paper; with inscription reading "Xuande dingwei yubi xixie"
15th centuryChinesePolychrome pigments on clay(?)
ChineseAlbum leaf; ink and light color on paper
ChineseHanging scroll; ink and light color on silk; with signature reading "Yuan Jiang hua"
18th centuryChineseHandscroll; ink and color on silk
ChineseAlbum leaf (one from a set of eight); ink on paper
17th 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 centuryChineseBanner; ink and color on silk. Reportedly retrieved from Dunhuang, Gansu province.
9th centuryChineseCircular fan painting mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk
15th-16th centuryChineseHanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
19th centuryChineseHanging scroll; ink and color on fibrous paper, with artist’s inscription, dedication, signature, and seals
20th centuryChinese