Landscape with Mountains, Trees, and Waterfall
Original Language Title明 山水冊頁
CultureChinese
DateMing dynasty (1368-1644)
MediumAlbum leaf, colors on silk
DimensionsOverall: 9 5/16 × 8 1/2 inches (23.65 × 21.59 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-135/32 L
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DescriptionOval fan painting of a landscape with rocky mountains and green trees on the right, a shoreline to the left and a small bridge and waterfall in the foreground.ProvenanceWith Celestin Liu, Peking (modern-day Beijing), China, by July 1931 [1];
Purchased from Celestin Liu, through Langdon Warner (1881-1955), by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.
NOTES:
[1] "Kansas City - Itemized Purchases in China and Japan, 1932," Harvard Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 15, folder 28, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
Purchased from Celestin Liu, through Langdon Warner (1881-1955), by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.
NOTES:
[1] "Kansas City - Itemized Purchases in China and Japan, 1932," Harvard Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 15, folder 28, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
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