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Ximen Asks the Taoist, Huang, to Hold a Memorial Service for His Sixth Mistress Ping
Ximen Asks the Taoist, Huang, to Hold a Memorial Service for His Sixth Mistress Ping

Ximen Asks the Taoist, Huang, to Hold a Memorial Service for His Sixth Mistress Ping

Album TitleIllustrations to the Plum in the Golden Vase (Jinpingmei)
CultureChinese
Date18th century
MediumAlbum leaf; ink and color on silk
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 × 12 1/4 inches (38.74 × 31.12 cm)
Framed: 22 3/4 × 17 7/16 × 1 1/8 inches (57.79 × 44.29 × 2.86 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Uhlmann Family Fund
Object numberF83-4/1
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 222
Collections
Exhibition History

Taoism and the Arts of China, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, November 11, 2000- January 7, 2001. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, February 21, 2001- May 13, 2001. No. 45.

La voie du Tao, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France, March 29, 2010- July 5, 2010.  No. 89.

Sages and Heroes: Storytelling in Asian Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 12, 2025–November 30, 2025, no cat.




Provenance

Andrew E. Franklin;

Purchased from Andrew E. Franklin by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1983.

Published References

Stephen Little, Taoism and the Arts of China, The Art Institute of Chicago (Illinois, Chicago:  The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000), 192-193, no. 45.

Catherine Delacour, La voie du Tao, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (Paris, France: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2010), 326-327, no. 89.

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