Ancient Erudition, from the album Figures in Settings
Artist/Maker
Zhāng Hóng 张宏 / 張宏
(Chinese, 1577–1668)
Date1649
MediumAlbum leaf, ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 11 1/4 × 8 in. (28.6 × 20.3 cm)
Mount: 14 5/8 × 9 9/16 in. (37.1 × 24.3 cm)
Mount: 14 5/8 × 9 9/16 in. (37.1 × 24.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Carol S. Brooks in honor of her father, George J. Schlenker, and R. T. Miller Jr. Fund
PortfolioFigures in Settings
Object number1997.29.14K
Status
Not on viewTitle inscription: 博古
Three refined gentlemen sit at tables covered with bronze and ceramic antiquities. Smoke rises from a lion-shaped incense burner on a table in the background; chrysanthemums emerge from an ancient bronze goblet. One man drinks a small cup of wine while another examines a scroll. Another man holds a bronze vessel aloft to inspect the bottom.
Although the title alludes to the refined enjoyment of rare relics, the intense stare of the man with the wine cup, and the careful scrutiny of the man with the bronze, may hint at a more mercantile engagement with an antique dealer.
ProvenanceDr. George J. Schlenker, Piedmont, California ¹ ² ³; by descent to Carol S. Brooks, Alameda, CA ⁴; by partial gift and purchase 1997 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
Notes:
[1] Identifying the two collector's seals will help to determine prior history
[2] Selected and purchased by James Cahill, Professor of Art History, University of California, Berkeley, on behalf of his step-father George J. Schlenker
[3] Stored at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, where it was exhibited and used as a teaching aid by Professor James Cahill
[4] Daughter of George J. SchlenkerExhibition History
Three refined gentlemen sit at tables covered with bronze and ceramic antiquities. Smoke rises from a lion-shaped incense burner on a table in the background; chrysanthemums emerge from an ancient bronze goblet. One man drinks a small cup of wine while another examines a scroll. Another man holds a bronze vessel aloft to inspect the bottom.
Although the title alludes to the refined enjoyment of rare relics, the intense stare of the man with the wine cup, and the careful scrutiny of the man with the bronze, may hint at a more mercantile engagement with an antique dealer.
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