Flowers
Chien-fu Kao, Chinese, active 1840's
1947
Scroll; colored inks on paper
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
P.949.124
Geography
Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia
Period
20th century
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscription translated by Dr. Chan: At the end of autumn, 1947, we gathered by the bay and ...painted flowers. So that this painting may be dated 1947 and signed by the artist, in this inscription.
Provenance
Collected by Professor Wing-Tsit Chan (1901-1994), Canton, China; sold to present collection, 1949.
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