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Source Description
A scholar (that is, an idealized educated bureaucrat) ladles wine into a cup while sitting at a low stone table on which rest a brush, inkstone, books, and other paraphernalia. At left, other scholars are enticed into merriment, both by wine and by the peonies that adorn their hats.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
13427
label
Scholar's Garden Party
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
13427
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Scholar's Garden Party
description
A scholar (that is, an idealized educated bureaucrat) ladles wine into a cup while sitting at a low stone table on which rest a brush, inkstone, books, and other paraphernalia. At left, other scholars are enticed into merriment, both by wine and by the peonies that adorn their hats.
provenance
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, China Pavilion, San Francisco, 1915 [no. 54]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 17th century (Qing)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
kakemono
scroll paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
177.4
height
99
dimensionsRaw
H: 69 13/16 x W: 39 in. (177.4 x 99 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
inscriptions
[Inscription] Lower right; [Seal] Lower right; [Seal] Lower left
dynasty
Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty
med
ink and color on silk mounted on paper
creator_ids
6688
collection_ids
CHN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
57dbcc51e5dfecc0