Lotus and Ducks/Pine and Rock

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Lotus and Ducks/Pine and Rock

1690s

Bada Shanren

Chinese, 1626-1705

Ink on satin
Overall (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)
General 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
2009.35.1-.2
Provenance: Kang Youwei [by repute]; unknown Japanese collector; Gong Jisui
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
location
Not currently on view

Resources

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.

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