Group of Trees
Group of Trees

Currently not on view

Group of Trees,

undated

Chinese
Ming dynasty to early Qing dynasty, 1644–1912, 1368–1644
y1947-181

Information

Title
Group of Trees
Dates

undated

Medium
Round fan mounted as album leaf; ink and light color on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 22.7 x 23.6 cm. (8 15/16 x 9 5/16 in.) Calligraphy: 22.7 x 23.7 cm. (8 15/16 x 9 5/16 in.) Leaf: 38.3 x 67.3 cm. (15 1/16 x 26 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893
Object Number
y1947-181
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
"Xia Gui" (spurious)
Culture
Chinese
Type
paintings, albums, chinese painting styles
Subject
rock (inorganic material), figures (representations), trees, landscapes (representations)

1898 – ca. 1926 acquired in China by DuBois Schanck Morris (1873-1956), based in Anhui, China; 1947 gift to Princeton University Art Museum

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