Description
This album of 16 paintings by artists active in Shanghai during the 1860s and 1870s is dedicated to the original owner, Mr. Xu Hongting.
Exhibitions
Transcending Turmoil: Painting at the Close of China's Empire, 1796-1911. Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix; Denver Art Museum, Denver; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong. 1992-1993.
Provenance
Xu Hongting [Hsü Hung-t'ing] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Liu Song-bu [Liu Sung-pu], Shanghai [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, China Pavilion, 1915 [no. 285]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
