Eight Fragrant Summer Flowers (Xiahui baxiang tu 夏卉八香圖)
Eight Fragrant Summer Flowers (Xiahui baxiang tu 夏卉八香圖)
Eight Fragrant Summer Flowers (Xiahui baxiang tu 夏卉八香圖)
Eight Fragrant Summer Flowers (Xiahui baxiang tu 夏卉八香圖)

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Eight Fragrant Summer Flowers (Xiahui baxiang tu 夏卉八香圖),

summer 1759

Hongli 弘曆, 1711–1799
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1968-225
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Publications: Strangers in a Strange Land (y1968-225)

Information

Title
Eight Fragrant Summer Flowers (Xiahui baxiang tu 夏卉八香圖)
Dates

summer 1759

Maker
Hongli 弘曆
Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 28.3 x 98 cm. (11 1/8 x 38 9/16 in.) Colophon (frontispiece): 28.4 x 72.6 cm. (11 3/16 x 28 9/16 in.) Mount: h. 29.2 cm. (11 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Object Number
y1968-225
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
Signed; dated summer 1759
Marks/Labels/Seals
Seven characters in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, colophons, scroll paintings, handscrolls
Subject
lotus, orchids, lilies, jasmine, summer

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