Twin Geese (Shuang e tu 雙鵝圖)
Twin Geese (Shuang e tu 雙鵝圖)
Twin Geese (Shuang e tu 雙鵝圖)
Twin Geese (Shuang e tu 雙鵝圖)
Twin Geese (Shuang e tu 雙鵝圖)
Twin Geese (Shuang e tu 雙鵝圖)
Twin Geese (Shuang e tu 雙鵝圖)
Twin Geese (Shuang e tu 雙鵝圖)

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Twin Geese (Shuang e tu 雙鵝圖),

18th–19th century

attributed to Qiu Yuqing 丘餘慶, born ca. 990
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
2011-44

Information

Title
Twin Geese (Shuang e tu 雙鵝圖)
Dates

18th–19th century

Maker
attributed to Qiu Yuqing 丘餘慶
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 162.6 x 111.8 cm. (64 x 44 in.) Mount: 228 x 115.5 cm. (89 3/4 x 45 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
[Gift of Harry K. Tang and Lily C.L. Wu Tang, Hermia Dan Soo, Chaucer C. Tang, and Myra C. Tang in memory of their parents and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mouxing, and in memory of Professors Charles Shao Lee Soo and Frederick W. Mote]
Object Number
2011-44
Place Made

Asia, China

Marks/Labels/Seals
Ten characters in ink on label adhered to silk bag
Culture
Chinese
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Materials
ink, silk (textile)
Subject
landscapes (representations), flowers (plants), geese, revolutions, bamboo, white

– Dan Maoxin 但懋辛, by gift to Harry K. Tang (Dan Gonghong 但功泓) and Lily C.L. Wu Tang (Seattle, WA).

Notes: Oct. 5, 1950 letter of assessment of the painting from A.G. Wenley of the Freer Gallery of Art was addressed to Harry Tang in Seattle, Washington.

– Harry K. Tang and Lily C.L. Wu Tang (Seattle, WA), by ineritance to Myra C. Tang (NJ).

– 2011 Myra C. Tang (NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2011.

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