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Peonies and Bamboo with Two Kingfisher Birds
Image Not Available for Peonies and Bamboo with Two Kingfisher Birds

Peonies and Bamboo with Two Kingfisher Birds

Original Language Title芙蓉綠竹翠鳥
CultureChinese
DateQing dynasty (1644-1911)
MediumPainting on silk
DimensionsOverall: 37 1/4 × 69 1/8 inches (94.62 × 175.58 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-49
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DescriptionBamboo tree at right with two kingfisher birds seated on limb. Eroded rock and peonies in white, pink, lavender, and red.Provenance

With Rocca, Paris, by October 1930 [1];

Purchased from Rocca, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.

NOTES:

[1] Harold Woodbury Parsons, Nelson-Atkins Art Advisor, to the Nelson-Atkins Trustees, October 28, 1930, Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG80-05, William Rockhill Nelson Trust Office Records, box 4, folder 24.

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