Thatched Dwelling Within a Grove of Bamboo and Banana Trees

Series TitleAlbum of Landscape Paintings 山水冊

Artist Xiang Shengmo 項聖謨 (Chinese, 1597 - 1658)

Date17th century

MediumAlbum leaf; ink and color on paper

DimensionsImage: 10 15/16 x 9 5/8 inches (27.78 x 24.45 cm)
Mount: 13 1/16 x 11 1/2 inches (33.18 x 29.21 cm)

Credit LinePurchased with funds from family and friends donated in memory of Thomas Earl Price and through the Oriental Deaccessioning Fund

Object numberF84-55/4

On View

Not on view

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

Exhibition History

Kernels of Energy, Bones of the Earth: The Rock in Chinese Art, China House Gallery, New York, October 23, 1985-January 29, 1986, no. 41.

Landscapes East/Landscapes West: Representing Nature from Mount Fuji to Canyon de Chelly, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, August 27, 2011–February 26, 2012

Provenance

Mr. Kwan S. Wong (The Eccentric Studio), Hong Kong;

Purchased from Mr. Kwan S. Wong (The Eccentric Stuido) by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1984.

Published References

John Hay, Kernels of Energy, Bones of Earth, the Rock in Chinese Art. (New York: China House Gallery, 1985), pl.1, no. 41.

John Hay, “The Rock and Chinese Art” Orientations (Dec 1985), 28-29, fig. 4.

“New Acquisition” Archives of Asian Art, XXXX (1986), 81.

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