Chrysanthemums
Empress Dowager Cixi
(Manchu–Chinese, 1835–1908)
Lu Xiangzhun
(Chinese, 1841 – 1915)
1905
Medium/TechniqueInk and color on silk
Legacy dimension: H: 129.2 cm; W: 52.6 cm
DimensionsImage: 129.7 x 52.3 cm (51 1/16 x 20 9/16 in.)
Overall: 249 x 83.2 cm (98 1/16 x 32 3/4 in.)
Overall: 249 x 83.2 cm (98 1/16 x 32 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sarah Buchan Jewell
Accession number1991.100
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ProvenanceEmpress Dowager Cixi (b. 1835 - d. 1908), Qing Dynasty, China; from Empress Dowager Cixi to Edwin Conger, first U.S. Ambassador to Imperial China and his wife Sarah Conger; by descent to their granddaughter Sarah Buchan Jewell (Mrs T. Edson Jewell), Boston; 1991, gift of Sarah Buchan Jewell to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 1991)
3rd-4th century AD
4th–5th century A.D.
