MS 7412 Chinese watercolor paintings
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7412

USNM Accession Number 337069

USNM Catalog Numbers 419629-419639
label: Variant Title
content: Paintings of Chinese scenes
name: label: Donor
content: Pope, Alice James
place: label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: East Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: China trade watercolor painting
creator: label: Donor
content: Pope, Alice James
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: MS 7412 Chinese watercolor paintings
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11 Paintings (visual works) (watercolor on rice paper, 5 x 7 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 7412
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The paintings were collected in China in the late nineteenth century by the merchant family of donor's husband. They were donated to the Museum of Natural History by Alice James Pope on July 30, 1979. They were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in September 1986.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7412
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: Watercolors
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Some description based on research by Emily Hoover, summer intern, Department of Anthropology.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Watercolors
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of eleven (11) miniature polychrome paintings on pith paper by an unknown artist.  The paintings were probably made in the late nineteenth century by a professional artist who catered to foreign tourists wanting souveniers from China.  They may all be related to a common theme, or they may be scattered glimpses of Chinese life.  Many of the figures appear to be part of a festival or drama.

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