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The White Cloud Spring

The White Cloud Spring

after (Chinese, 1427–1509)
Date16th century
MediumHandscroll, ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 15 × 266 in. (38.1 × 675.6 cm)
Overall (storage box): 3 7/8 × 4 1/8 × 18 7/8 in. (9.8 × 10.5 × 47.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Carol S. Brooks in honor of her father, George J. Schlenker, and R. T. Miller Jr. Fund
Object number1997.29.7
Status
Not on view
ProvenanceKong Guangtao [1832-1890]¹; acquired by (Michelangelo Piacentini, Tokyo); acquired by (Kawai Shogado, Kyoto); acquired by Dr. George J. Schlenker, Piedmont, CA²; by descent to Carol S. Brooks, Alameda, CA ³; by partial gift and purchase 1997 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH Notes: [1] Kong Guangtao was an early to mid-19th century Chinese collector. This information was taken from Kong Guangtao's seals on the frontispiece of the scroll and from a copy of Kong Guangtao's catalogue [AMAM curatorial file]. [2] Selected and purchased from Kawai Shogado, Japanese dealer, by James Cahill, Professor of Art History, University of California, Berkeley, on behalf of his step-father George J. Schlenker. [3] Daughter of George J. SchlenkerExhibition History
Ming Painting through the Eyes of Connoisseurs
  • Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS (January 22, 2001 - March 4, 2001 )
Chinese and Japanese Art from Antiquity to the Present
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 17, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
The Cultured Landscape in China and Japan
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 6, 2007 - August 13, 2007 )
Collections
  • Asian
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