The Four Recluse Statesmen

14th-15th century (?) (Ming)

132.8 cm 31.7 cm

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Unrolling this handscroll from right to left in the traditional way, one would first see about half of it--a half dominated by an imperial messenger in red, bearing a tablet, followed by two halberd-bearers. A servant boy leads them onto a path between rocks and pines. A wide...

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Dr. John C. Ferguson [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John C. Ferguson Collection Sale, American Art Association, New York, April 7, 1916, no. 229; Henry Walters, Baltimore, April 7, 1916, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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