Butterflies and Moths
Butterflies and Moths

Currently not on view

Butterflies and Moths,

undated

Anonymous
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1942-43 c

Information

Title
Butterflies and Moths
Dates

undated

Maker
Anonymous
Medium
Album leaf; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 24.3 x 31.1 cm. (9 9/16 x 12 1/4 in.) Leaf: 57 x 34.6 cm. (22 7/16 x 13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Peterson Collection, Gift of William Bingham II
Object Number
y1942-43 c
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
Signed (spurious, various signatures)
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
albums, paintings, chinese painting styles
Subject
butterflies, moths

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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