The Five Virtues

1. Florence Ayscough MacNair (1875-1942; born Weelock; also Florence Ayscough) and Harley Farnsworth MacNair (1891–1947), Shanghai, China, then Chicago; by descent to Harley Farnsworth MacNair, Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 28, 1943.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Zaixin Hong, “Florence Ayscough: Pioneer Promoter of Modern Chinese Painting in America,” in Collectors, Collections and Collecting the Arts of China: Histories and Challenges, ed. Jason Steuber and Guolong Lai (University Press of Florida, 2014), 129, pl.5.8.
• Stephen Little, “Chinese Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago,” Arts of Asia 29, no. 3 (May/June 1999): 59, fig. 21.

Mandarin Ducks and Lotus

Art Institute of Chicago

Birds on Red Plum

Art Institute of Chicago

Mynah and Lotus 鷯哥荷花圖

Art Institute of Chicago

Roosters and Blossoming Apricots 雄鷄圖

Art Institute of Chicago

Paradise Flycatchers and Wisteria

Art Institute of Chicago

Partridges and Bamboo 竹鳥圖

Art Institute of Chicago

Parrot and Chrysanthemums

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape with Figures

Art Institute of Chicago

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