Duck on a Branch
Duck on a Branch
Duck on a Branch
Duck on a Branch

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Duck on a Branch,

1691

Zhu Da 朱耷, 1626–1705
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1991-62

Information

Title
Duck on a Branch
Dates

1691

Maker
Zhu Da 朱耷
Medium
Album leaf mounted as hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 34.3 x 26.8 cm. (13 1/2 x 10 9/16 in.) Mount: 197.5 x 36.6 cm. (77 3/4 x 14 7/16 in.); w/ knobs: 47.5 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Gabrielle P. Hubbard in memory of her husband, John William Hubbard, Jr., Class of 1945
Object Number
y1991-62
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed "bada shanren"
Marks/Labels/Seals
Characters and one seal in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll Six columns of characters in ink on label adhered to silk bag
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
albums, paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
ducks

–1991 Gabrielle P. Hubbard (Charleston, WV), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1991.

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