MS 7416 Chinese painting on silk
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7416

NAA INV 10000078

USNM Accession Number 117182

USNM Catalog Number 362862
place: label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: East Asia
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Paintings (visual works) (on silk, backed by paper, 16 x 16 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 7416 / 7420, Folder 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The painting was donated to the Smithsonian Institution by Mrs. C. D. Rhodes along with several shawls, laces, and a black tea pot on November 23, 1931. The painting was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives by Chang-su Houchins in July 1986.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7416
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Paintings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Paintings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Some description provided by Emily Hoover, summer intern, Department of Anthropology, 1986.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Paintings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of one (1) painting on a square, cream-colored piece of silk with paper pasted on the back.  The artist is unknown.  In the center of the painting is a scene of a mounted warrior with a bow and arrow attended by two servants on foot. They are crossing a small bridge. A woman on the other side of the bridge is carrying a pail of water. Border designs are flowers and butterflies. They are painted in archaic blue-green style (rocks and shrubs) but show some western influence in shading.

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Other items donated by Mrs. C. D. Rhoades are held by the Department of Anthropology object collections (Accession 117182).