Album of 16 Paintings
(China )
This album of 16 paintings by artists active in Shanghai during the 1860s and 1870s is dedicated to the original owner, Mr. Xu Hongting.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
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.
Exhibitions
1992-1993 | 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. |
Geographies
China, Shanghai (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 15 11/16 x W: 15 in. (39.9 x 38.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1915
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
35.101