Chinese Scrolls
From 1958 through 1965, Kagle received many grants to study multicultural art. In 1964, he received a New York state grant to study at Harvard Univ., NYU, Freer Gallery in Washington, Metropolitan Museum of Art and visit major collections of Chinese art on the East Coast. From this beginning study with Prof. Soper and others, he received a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the Palace Museum in Taiwan. It was this study which began the scroll collection from Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong and public auctions across the world. The Masterworks were obtained through years of study and search.

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Ch'ing Dynasty Landscape
1644-1911
After ten years of collecting from a dealer in Taiwan, this work was made available to Kagle. Because of its special size, which takes a large wall to display, and the dealer's long friendship with the Kagles, this Masterwork was allowed to be purchased from the dealer's collection in 1974. It has held a special place in the Kagle home since that time.

23 1/2" (59.6 cm) x 106" (269.2 cm)
Ink on silk
Price: $5000.00

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The Seasons (ten Korean scrolls)
When the Kagles went to Korea to pick up their son at the adoption agency, they purchased these ten Korean scrolls from a dealer in a small town near Seoul. They were taken out of Korea as paintings on silk and eventually mounted in Taiwan in traditional scroll form. The scrolls are being sold as part of their son's inheritage.

14" (25.6 cm) x 44 1/2" (113 cm)
Ink on silk
Price: $10,000.00 for the set of 10

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Ming Handscroll of Sung River Journey
1368-1644
Of all works in the Kagle Collection, this is the premier work (from Ming Dynasty times). It tells of two human friends meeting three nature friends which turns into many meetings with many human and nature friends. Like many Ming handscrolls, it mingles memories of the past (the Sung Dynasty style, 1127-1279) with the surprise element which characterized Ming artist's aesthetic. The scroll was purchased from a gallery on Queen Street in Hong Kong from 1969-1972, paying for the scroll in installments each month, hoping that when paid off it would be sent to Guam where the Kagles were teaching art and nursing at the University of Guam. Of course, it was sent and has been the gem in the crown of their collection. A consultant on the purchase of this important work was Dr. Chu-Tsing Li, now teaching at the American University in Hong Kong.

193" (490.1 cm) x 12" (30.4 cm)
Colored ink on silk, ca. 1633
Price: $30,000.00

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