Landscape
Original Language Title明 山水冊頁
Attributed to(傳)
Dong Qichang 董其昌
(Chinese, 1555 - 1636)
DateMing dynasty (1368-1644)
MediumAlbum leaf; colors on silk
DimensionsOverall: 10 3/8 × 10 3/16 inches (26.35 × 25.88 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-135/32 H
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DescriptionLandscape with a mountain in the background, water, trees, and a pagoda in the foreground in grays.ProvenanceQing dynasty imperial collection, Peking (modern-day Beijing), China;
Pu Yi, the last emperor Xuantong (1906-1967), Peking, by 1912-1931 [1];
Purchased from Pu Yi, through the dealer Celestin Liu, Laurence Sickman (1906-1988) and Langdon Warner (1881-1955), by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.
NOTES:
[1] Letter from Laurence Sickman, Curator of Asian Art, to Langdon Warner, Fogg Art Museum, November 11, 1935, Harvard University, Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 12, folder 18, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files. See also "Laurence Sickman in his own words: The Last Emperor P'u-yi," in Michael Churchman, ed., Laurence Sickman: A Tribute (Kansas City, MO: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1988), 29.
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