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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Lotus and Ducks/Pine and Rock
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Lotus and Ducks/Pine and Rock

Date1690s
Object number2009.35.1-.2
ProvenanceKang Youwei [by repute]; unknown Japanese collector; Gong Jisui
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Luminous: The Art of Asia, Oct. 13, 2011 - Jan. 8, 2012. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing [on view Feb. 8, 2020 - July 11, 2021].Published ReferencesKiley, Brendan. "Seattle Asian Art Museum is set to reopen – 3 years and $56 million later." Seattle Times, February 2, 2020: p. E4, reproduced.
Credit LineGeneral Acquisition Fund, Asian Art Acquisition Fund, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Art Acquisition Fund, Eve and Chap Alvord, James and Jane Hawkanson, Chinese Art Support Fund, the Asian Art Council, Seattle Art Museum Supporters, Frank S. Bayley III, Anne and Steve Lipner, Arnold Endowment in Support of Chinese Art, Rebecca and Alexander Stewart, Charlene and Jerry Lee, Omar and Christine Lee, David and Daphne Tang, William and Ruth True, Laurie and David Ying, and Friends of Mimi Gardner Gates, in honor of Mimi Gardner Gates
DimensionsOverall (each scroll): 95 3/8 x 25 in. (242.3 x 63.5 cm) Image (each scroll): 67 1/8 x 17 1/8 in. (170.5 x 43.5 cm)
MediumInk on satin
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
1690s
Object number: 2009.35.1
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
1690s
Object number: 2009.35.2
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
1627
Object number: 92.1
Fan:  Two Mandarin Ducks
16th century
Object number: 60.90
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Object number: 46.236.1-.2
Two mandarin ducks among lotus plants
Chinese
18th - 19th century
Object number: 33.1395
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Mark Tobey
probably 1957
Object number: 2013.4.5
Three Friends by a  Mountain Stream
1902
Object number: 2010.41.17
Su's Embankment on a Spring Morning
1867
Object number: 2010.41.18
Photo: Eduardo Calderon
1918
Object number: 2010.41.48