One Hundred Flowers

Chen Jiayan

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Caption

Chen Jiayan (Chinese, 1539–1623 or later). One Hundred Flowers, dated 1629. Color on silk, 10 x 10 3/8in. (25.4 x 26.4cm) Other: 10 x 10 3/8 x 378 in. (25.4 x 26.4 x 960.1 cm) Other: 9 1/8in. (23.2cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the C. C. Wang Family Collection, 1997.185.18. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

One Hundred Flowers

Date

dated 1629

Dynasty

Ming Dynasty

Period

Chongzhen Period

Geography

Place made: China

Medium

Color on silk

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

10 x 10 3/8in. (25.4 x 26.4cm) Other: 10 x 10 3/8 x 378 in. (25.4 x 26.4 x 960.1 cm) Other: 9 1/8in. (23.2cm)

Signatures

Chongzhen jisi qiu qiyue...xie yu Songgan Wujun Chen Jiayan ("in the 7th month, autumn, the jisi year of the Chongzhen reign (1628-1644), painted in the Pine Pavilion by Chen Jiayan of Wujun")

Credit Line

Gift of the C. C. Wang Family Collection

Accession Number

1997.185.18

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