Scroll Painting Item Number: N1.573 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A hanging scroll painting of bamboo with orchids in ink wash on one side and lines of poetry on the left side. There are two red seals underneath the poetry and another red seal at the bottom. The painting has a cream-coloured border of patterned fabric. There is a semi-cylindrical rod at the top with a red cord bound by metal wire and brown fabric with a white fabric ribbon. There is a cylindrical rod weight at the bottom covered with turquoise, red, blue, and orange patterned fabric.
Item History
- Made in China
- Collected by Ping-Ti Ho
- Owned by Peoples Co-Operative Bookstore Assn. before January 10, 1961
- Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Peoples Co-Operative Bookstore Assn. (Seller) on January 10, 1961
What
- Name
- Scroll Painting
- Identification Number
- N1.573
- Type of Item
- painting
- Overall
- height 213.0 cm, width 63.5 cm, depth 4.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Chinese
- Field Collector
- Ping-Ti Ho
- Previous Owner
- Peoples Co-Operative Bookstore Assn.
- Received from
- Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Peoples Co-Operative Bookstore Assn. (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- China
When
- Ownership Date
- before January 10, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on January 10, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper; paintings
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2181/0001