Peasants with an Ox Cart

C245

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Title Peasants with an Ox Cart
Object Number C245
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Creator Huang Ying-Shen
Period Early Qing Dynasty
Date Made ca.1676
Section Asian
Technique Painted
Iconography Ox Cart
Description

Peasants with an Ox Cart. In the foreground some peasants escort a priest or gentry. His cart is full of food & wine for visiting a friend who is likely living in the house on the upper right corner. One of his servants carries books and zither on the back. An intellectual gathering. Attributed to Huang Yingchen, 黃應諶 (1597 - 1676 CE). Done when he was 76 years old according to a colophon in the upper right corner.

Credit Line Purchased from C. T. Loo, 1916
Other Number Getz 41 - Other Number

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