Bowl of orchids

Object Details

• Artist

  Luo Ping (1733-1799)

• Provenance

  To ?

  Dai Zhi. [1]

  From mid-1950s to 2001

  Private collection, Washington DC, acquired in the mid-1950s in Taipei. [2]

  From 2001

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of anonymous donor, Washington DC [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] The painting was acquired in the mid-1950s while the donor was working in the American Embassy [Taipei].

  [3] See Acquisition Consideration Form, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Orchid in Chinese Painting (January 15 to July 17, 2011)

  The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Anonymous

  Ralph Hubbard Redford (1916-2013)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Anonymous gift in honor of Kent H. and Scott N. Redford

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1790s, 1730s

• Name

  Redford, Ralph Hubbard, Dai, Zhi

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Orchids, Poetry, Qianlong reign (1736 - 1796)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings, Still lifes