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Bronze vessel with flowers

Zhao Zhiqian Chinese
mid-19th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 216
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.
A genre known as “antiques and flowers” (bogu huahui) became popular as fascination with antiquarianism and epigraphy grew during the nineteenth century. This elegant hanging scroll exemplifies the creative combination of paintings of flowers and ink rubbings of archaistic vessels.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 清　趙之謙，程守謙　杞菊延年圖軸
  • Title: Bronze vessel with flowers
  • Artist: Zhao Zhiqian (Chinese, 1829–1884)
  • Artist: Cheng Shouqian (Chinese, active mid-19th century)
  • Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
  • Date: mid-19th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Hanging scroll, ink and colors on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 38 7/16 × 18 9/16 in. (97.6 × 47.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Lent by Shanghai Museum
  • Rights and Reproduction: Photograph courtesy of Shanghai Museum
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art