Two Birds and Flowers
Two Birds and Flowers
Two Birds and Flowers
Two Birds and Flowers
Two Birds and Flowers
Two Birds and Flowers
Two Birds and Flowers
Two Birds and Flowers

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Two Birds and Flowers

Qian Ding 錢鼎
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
2020-679

Information

Title
Two Birds and Flowers
Maker
Qian Ding 錢鼎
Medium
Pair of round fans mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Painting (each): diam. 26 cm (10 1/4 in.) Mount: 121.5 × 41.2 cm (47 13/16 × 16 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art
Object Number
2020-679
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Upper painting: 少蓮蜀雅屬 壬辰夏四月寫客海上 Lower painting: 已丑清和為俊峰公兄大人正之禹山弟錢鼎寫意
Marks/Labels/Seals
Both have calligraphy + a red seal
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls, fans (costume accessories)
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink, colorant
Subject
flowers, birds

–2001 Far Eastern Seminar Collection, Marquand Library, Princeton University (Princeton, NJ), transfer to P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art (Princeton, NJ) in 2001.

2001–2021 P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University (Princeton, NJ), transfer to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2021.

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