Melting the Gold and Predicting the Future

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Yu Guiyan

Title

Melting the Gold and Predicting the Future

Place

China (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1901

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Inscriptions

Inscription across top, dated 1901 by Guiyen, Yu Ju Red collection seal lower right.

Dimensions

102.9 × 39.4 cm (40 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Florence Ayscough and Harley Farnsworth MacNair

Reference Number

1943.123

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