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Prunus Blossoms, from the album Flowers, Rocks, Bamboo, and Landscapes
Prunus Blossoms, from the album Flowers, Rocks, Bamboo, and Landscapes

Prunus Blossoms, from the album Flowers, Rocks, Bamboo, and Landscapes

Artist/Maker (Chinese, 1683–1749)
Date1733
MediumAlbum leaf, ink and color on paper
DimensionsImage: 10 × 12 11/16 in. (25.4 × 32.3 cm)
Mount: 11 1/4 × 15 3/4 in. (28.6 × 40 cm)
Credit LineGift of Carol S. Brooks in honor of her father, George J. Schlenker, and R. T. Miller Jr. Fund
PortfolioFlowers, Rocks, Bamboo and Landscapes
Object number1997.29.1L
Status
Not on view
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INSCRIPTION: PRUNUS BLOSSOMS
朱脤玉面額鵝黃，亂鎖青煙共一香；
絕似漢宮初破曉，水晶簾下閗新妝。
高鳳翰寫並題
印：「翰」「印」
Vermillion flesh, jade-white face and light yellow forehead,
a turbulent blue-green mist united into one fragrance.
A scene like dawn in the Han palace,
when [court ladies] contend in new adornments under the crystal curtain.
Painted and inscribed by Gāo Fènghàn.
 Seal: Hàn Seal
ProvenanceJim Freeman, Japan, 1971; acquired by Dr. George J. Schlenker, Piedmont, CA¹ ²; by descent Carol S. Brooks, Alameda, CA ³; by partial gift and purchase 1997 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH Notes: [1] Selected and purchased by James Cahill, Professor of Art History, University of California, Berkeley, on behalf of his step-father George J. Schlenker. [2] Stored at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, where it was exhibited and used as a teaching aid by Professor James Cahill. [3] Daughter of George J. Schlenker Exhibition History
A Century of Asian Art at Oberlin: Chinese Paintings
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (June 6, 2017 - December 10, 2017 )
Collections
  • Asian
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