Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA, purchased from the estate of Rhode Island Senator Theodore Francis Green, July 1968; bequest to Harvard Art Museum
Mixed media on canvas, with artist’s signature
20th centuryChineseHanging scroll; ink on paper with artist's signature reading "Loushui Wang Jian" and seal reading "Wang Jian zhi yin"
17th centuryChineseAlbum leaf; ink and color on silk
18th centuryChineseHanging scroll; colors on paper; with large red square relief seal reading "Ci Xi Huang Tai Hou Yu Bi Zhi Bao" (Treasure made by the imperial brush of Empress Dowager Cixi)
19th-20th centuryChineseAlbum leaf; ink and color on paper
19th-20th centuryChineseHanging scroll; ink and bright colors on paper; with date and signature of the artist
20th centuryChineseAlbum leaf; ink and color on paper
19th centuryChineseCircular-fan-shaped painting mounted as a hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
15th centuryChineseOne of seven albums; ink and color on paper
ChineseHanging scroll; ink and colors on paper; with signature reading "Dong Shouping" and artist's seal reading "Shouping"
20th centuryChineseHandscroll; ink and color on silk
13th-14th centuryChineseFragment of a wall painting; pigments on gesso ground over plastered clay. From the north wall of Mogao Cave 321 at Dunhuang, Gansu province.
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