1996-1998
plate: 29.8 x 21.7 cm (11 3/4 x 8 9/16 in.)
[Elias Fine Art, Allston, Massachusetts], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, May 28, 2002.
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of a poem reading from right to left: "Ci mao shenshi mengyong/ Liangyan qiasi (ling?) long/ Si zhua youru gangcha/ Laoshu bu gan cheng xiong" ("This cat is so fierce/ Two eyes are like gems/ Four claws are like steel sickles/ Rats dare not show off"), and a color printed inscription in purple: "Chi Ling" ("Imperial Edict"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.
20th centuryChineseCenter sheet from a woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper
19th centuryJapanese