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菊花圖軸 (慈禧太后; 陸潤岸跋)
Empress Dowager Cixi (Manchu–Chinese, 1835–1908)
Colophon by: Lu Xiangzhun (Chinese, 1841 – 1915)
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1905

Medium/Technique Ink and color on silk
Legacy dimension: H: 129.2 cm; W: 52.6 cm
Dimensions Image: 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.)
Credit Line Gift of Sarah Buchan Jewell
Accession Number1991.100
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

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)