Wang Li
Two Mynahs

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Artist Wang Li Chinese, active late 16th–early 17th century

CultureChinese

Titles

Two Mynahs

Date1620, Ming Dynasty 1368–1644

PlaceChina

MediumInk, slight color on paper

DimensionsOverall: 87 1/4 × 27 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (221.6 × 70.5 × 3.8 cm)
Image unmounted: 52 1/2 × 17 3/4 in. (133.4 × 45.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. George Lenert Kroll

Object number75.343

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Department

Asian Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceEx-collection: Collection of Richard B. Hobart, Boston, Massachusetts.

Ex-collection: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. George Lenert Kroll, Houston, Texas, until donated to the museum on September 27, 1975.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Oriental Art from Houston Collections," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 18 - June 8, 1975. Exhibition Catalogue # 44

Exhibited: "A Permanent Heritage: Major Works from the Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 23 October 1980 - 4 January, 1981. MFA,H Handbook entry # 5

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Inscribed in ink at upper left corner, recto, in chinese calligraphy:
"Playfully painted in the spring of (cyclical year) ken-shen."
Two collectors' seals stamped at lower left corner, recto. One collector's seal stamped at lower right corner, recto.

Signed in ink at upper left corner, recto, with two artist's seals following the signature.

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