Celestial Icons
OBJECT ID: Icon 2 TITLE: "Ëû‚ƒ›]Óеط½Í¶ËÞ" ("There was No Place for Them to Stay...") ARTIST: °×»ÛȺ (Bai Huiqun, Pai Hui-ch'un) INSCRIPTION(S): °×»ÛȺ¾´Œ‘ (Drawn by Bai Huiqun) MEDIUM: Chinese watercolor on silk; mounted as hanging scroll DESCRIPTION: An innkeeper turns away Joseph while Mary waits on the back of a donkey. DIMENSIONS: (Painting [Mounting]) 43x28 cm [55.5x124 cm]
OBJECT ID: Icon 1 TITLE: Â}ĸîIˆó (The Annunciation to Mary) ARTIST: ê‘ø™Äê (Lu Hongnian, John Lu Hung-nien) INSCRIPTION(S): Ò»¾ÅËÄ°ËÄê´ºÈÕÌ«‚}ê‘ø™Äê¾´ÀL춱±Æ½ (Painted by Lu Hongnian [of] Taicang [Jiangsu Province] in Beiping, Spring 1948) MEDIUM: Chinese watercolor on silk; mounted as hanging scroll DESCRIPTION: The angel Gabriel appears to Mary surrounded by clouds with the dove of the Holy Spirit above. DIMENSIONS: (Painting [Mounting]) 28.5x53 cm [41x135 cm]