Archery Contest
Chinese Qing Dynasty
19th century
Medium
oil on cotton
Dimensions
overall: 77.8 x 110.8 cm (30 5/8 x 43 5/8 in.) framed: 94 x 128.6 x 5.1 cm (37 x 50 5/8 x 2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Dr. Catherine Lilly Bacon
Accession Number
1969.12.1
About the Artist
Chinese Qing Dynasty
"Chinese Qing Dynasty" serves as a collective attribution in museum collections for anonymous artworks produced during China's Qing era (1644–1912), encompassing the works of imperial workshop artisans rather than a single individual. These creators operated primarily from the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen, where potters, painters, and enamellers collaborated under strict court oversight, though sp...