Ink Peonies

photo: Masatsugu Nokubo

Ink Peonies

Currently not on view

Ink Peonies,

1665

Fang Hengxian 方亨咸, jinshi degree 1647
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
1998-790 a

Information

Title
Ink Peonies
Dates

1665

Maker
Fang Hengxian 方亨咸
Medium
Folding fan mounted as album leaf; ink on gold paper
Dimensions
Painting: 21.9 x 48.9 cm. (8 5/8 x 19 1/4 in.) Leaf: 66 x 62 cm. (26 x 24 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
The John B. Elliott, Class of 1951, Collection
Object Number
1998-790 a
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
signed: Hengxian
Marks/Labels/Seals
a) Seals—(1) sq. relief (by signature) Collector's seals—(2), sq. relief seal also appears on 1998-790b and on 1998-792
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
fans (costume accessories), albums, chinese painting styles, paintings
Materials
gold, ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
peonies

–1998 John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.

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