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Lady in Garden with Two Attendants
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Lady in Garden with Two Attendants

CultureChinese
Date18th century
MediumPainting on silk
DimensionsOverall: 18 × 21 3/4 inches (45.72 × 55.25 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-279
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DescriptionWoman in blue robe seated with table at her back; attendant in green brocade dress holding a child; servant girl in gray bringing a cup on a tray.Provenance

Dr. John C. Ferguson (1866-1945), Peiping (modern-day Beijing), China, by May 26, 1934 [1];

Purchased from Ferguson, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.

NOTES:

[1] Sickman's purchase record, Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG80-15 William Rockhill Nelson Trust Office Files, box 1a, Art Invoices/Vouchers 1934. Dr. John C. Ferguson was a Canadian-born, naturalized American who was ordained as a pastor and undertook a mission in China. He was instrumental in the founding of Nanking and Jiaotong Universities, served as an advisor to the Chinese government in numerous capacities, and was a well-known scholar and collector of Chinese art. 

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