Peaches and Buddha's Hand
The paintings of Qi Baishi's last years, such as this fan, tend to be familiar images rendered with a colorful palette and clear graphic simplicity.
This picture, with its auspicious message of "Good Luck and Long Life" inscribed in bold seal-script characters, was done as a companion piece to the adjacent Chrysanthemums, datable to 1955.
This picture, with its auspicious message of "Good Luck and Long Life" inscribed in bold seal-script characters, was done as a companion piece to the adjacent Chrysanthemums, datable to 1955.
Artwork Details
- 清/現代 齊白石 佛手壽桃圖 摺扇
- Title: Peaches and Buddha's Hand
- Artist: Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864–1957)
- Date: dated 1955
- Culture: China
- Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper
- Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 20 9/16 in. (18.4 x 52.2 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
- Object Number: 1986.267.236
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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