Mother Wang's Pavilion & The Inevitable Bridge
Album TitleIllustrations to the Journey to the West
CultureChinese
Datelate 19th-early 20th century
MediumInk, color, and gold on paper
DimensionsImage: 10 1/2 × 8 inches (26.67 × 20.32 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 9 7/8 inches (33.34 × 25.08 cm)
Mat: 13 1/8 × 10 3/4 inches (33.34 × 27.31 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 9 7/8 inches (33.34 × 25.08 cm)
Mat: 13 1/8 × 10 3/4 inches (33.34 × 27.31 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Asian Art Acquisition Fund in memory of Laurence Sickman
Object number2023.8.2.26
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DescriptionThe painting in ink, color, and gold, features a two partially rounded scenes of twelve total figures, snakes and a dog framed by the painted border of floral pattern in gold on blue ground. It is a leaf from the album of 40 leaves depicting the popular story of Journey to the West (Xiyouji). Below the painting is a brief typescript caption in English, possibly added by James Ware.ProvenanceJames Ware (1859-1913)
By descent to his great granddaughters, Anna Michaela and Robyn Lines, United Kingdom.
Chiswick Auctions, London, 9/3/2019, Lot 333.
Alan Kennedy, Santa Monica, CA, 2019-2023
Purchased from Alan Kennedy by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, in 2023Lyon & Turnbull, The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London, W1U 5AS, Auction,
Wednesday 15 May 2019, LOT 132 (online)
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