Twenty-four Exemplars of Filial Piety
Twenty-four Exemplars of Filial Piety

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Twenty-four Exemplars of Filial Piety,

undated; 18th–19th century?

Anonymous
Chinese
y1942-41 l

Information

Title
Twenty-four Exemplars of Filial Piety
Dates

undated; 18th–19th century?

Maker
Anonymous
Medium
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
painting: 17.5 x 14.9 cm Leaf: 27 x 43.4 cm. (10 5/8 x 17 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Peterson Collection, Gift of William Bingham II
Object Number
y1942-41 l
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
Unsigned
Marks/Labels/Seals
gourd-shaped seal "Shizhou" 十洲 of Qiu Ying (spurious)
Culture
Chinese
Type
albums, paintings, chinese painting styles
Materials
silk (textile), ink
Subject
Confucianism, families, ancestors, figures (representations)

pre-1930 Dr. Frederick Peterson (New York, NY), acquired in New York, NY between ca. 1910–1929.

1930s William Bingham II, 1879-1955 (Bethel, ME), acquired in 1930s (possibly at time of Peterson’s death in 1938).

1930s–1942 William Bingham II (Bethel, ME), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1942.

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