Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Flight into Egypt

Artistattributed to Lu Hongnian (Chinese, c.1914 - 1989)

Datefirst half of 20th c

Made/manufacturedChina

Mediumbook with ink and color painting along book edges

Dimensions9 13/16 × 6 1/8 in. (24.9 × 15.5 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the David A. Cofrin Acquisition Endowment

Object number2017.3.2

Collections

ASIAN

DescriptionA volume on rare instruments by Wang Zhongjie decorated with fore-edge paintings. The single volume from the Ming Chongzhen period publication Zhong Qian Wang Zhongjie Gong Qi Tushuo Xu, with a fore-edge painting of a Landscape depicting the "Flight into Egypt" in Chinese style, rendered in ink and color, with a decorative cloth case.