Bamboo and Birds
Bamboo and Birds
Bamboo and Birds
Bamboo and Birds
Bamboo and Birds
Bamboo and Birds
Bamboo and Birds
Bamboo and Birds
Bamboo and Birds
Bamboo and Birds
Bamboo and Birds
Bamboo and Birds
Bamboo and Birds
Bamboo and Birds

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Bamboo and Birds,

undated

Huizong emperor (宋徽宗), attributed to, r. 1101 – 1125
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1947-198

Information

Title
Bamboo and Birds
Dates

undated

Maker
Huizong emperor (宋徽宗) , attributed to
Medium
Handscroll; colors on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 31 x 140.5 cm. (12 3/16 x 55 5/16 in.) Colophon (right): 25.7 x 1.8 cm. (10 1/8 x 11/16 in.) Colophon (middle): 31 x 20 cm. (12 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.) Colophon (left): 31 x 67 cm. (12 3/16 x 26 3/8 in.) Mount: h. 33 cm. (13 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893
Object Number
y1947-198
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed
Inscription
inscription by Ch'ien-lung Emperor
Marks/Labels/Seals
Twelve characters in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, handscrolls
Subject
birds, bamboo

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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