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Scene from the Novel "The Red Chamber Dream"
(China )
The artist writes at upper right:
Seeking good omens, four beauties go fishing.
Fish are ready for delicious bait,
As willow branches swing in spring breezes.
The four beauties are joined by a man (standing beside the post, with a blue cap), who suggested that catching fish would be an opportunity to tell fortunes.
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Provenance
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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.
Geographies
China, Shanghai (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 15 5/16 x W: 15 1/8 in. (38.9 x 38.4 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.
35.101L
