Water Buffalo Boy Reading Books on the Road
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Water Buffalo Boy Reading Books on the Road

Classification
Paintings
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Culture
Chinese
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

43.7 x 44.7 cm (17 3/16 x 17 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA, purchased from the estate of Rhode Island Senator Theodore Francis Green, August 1968; bequest to Harvard Art Museum

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