Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001008Crested Myna Birds and Chrysanthemums
by Xugu
Inscriptions
Inscription, artist's sign, and seal upper right, red seal lower right.
Provenance
Florence Ayscough & Harley Farnsworth MacNair Collection
Exhibition history
Brown, Claudia and Chou, Ju-hsi. TransendingbTurmoil. Painting at the close of China's Empire 1796-1911. Exh. Cat. cat. 43. Pheonix Art Musium, 1992.
Publications
Brown, Claudia and Chou, Ju-hsi. TransendingbTurmoil. Painting at the close of China's Empire 1796-1911. Exh. Cat. cat. 43. Pheonix Art Musium, 1992.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Xugu (Chinese, 1823-1896)
- Date
- Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 1892
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper
- Dimensions
- 149.8 × 40 cm (59 × 15 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- hanging scroll
- Style
- Chinese (culture or style)
- Place
- China
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Credit line
- Gift of Florence Ayscough and Harley Farnsworth MacNair
- Accession no.
- 1943.152
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