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Pulling a Kite

Artist Unknown
Artist After Xu Wei (Chinese, 1521 - 1593)
Date19th-20th century
MediumHandscroll; ink on paper
DimensionsOverall: 12 7/8 × 55 1/2 inches (32.69 × 140.97 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number46-53
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Provenance

Purchased through Laurence Sickman by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1946.

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Frame 1, 2, 3, and 4 recto overall
Unknown
ca. 19th century
70-25
recto overall
Unknown
Ming-Qing dynasty (1368-1911)
33-649
recto overall
Unknown
12th-14th century
31-135/33
Palace Ladies Tuning the Lute
Unknown
12th century
32-159/1
recto overall
Wang Fu
Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
58-8
image overall
Qiao Zhongchang
Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
F80-5
recto overall
Zha Shibiao 查士標
1695
72-4
recto detail
Gong Xian
1674
68-29
recto detail
Taigu Yimin
early-mid-13th century
F74-35
Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu, One of the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets
Iwasa Matabei
Edo period (1615-1868)
81-27/33