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Tribal People Blindly Supplicate the Buddhas for Blessings
Tribal People Blindly Supplicate the Buddhas for Blessings

Tribal People Blindly Supplicate the Buddhas for Blessings

Artist/Maker (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)
Credit LineGift of Carol S. Brooks in honor of her father, George J. Schlenker, and R. T. Miller Jr. Fund
PortfolioFigures in Settings
Object number1997.29.14G
Status
Not on view
More Information
Title inscription: 胡人佞佛
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
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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