id:			94612
accession number:	1915.117
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.117
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Ducks under Reeds, 1400s. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk; overall: 122.5 x 79.4 cm (48 1/4 x 31 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Charles L. Freer 1915.117

title:				Ducks under Reeds
title in original language:	蘆鴨圖
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creation date:			1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1499
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creditline:			Gift of Charles L. Freer
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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 122.5 x 79.4 cm (48 1/4 x 31 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	1 label on mounting, dated 1796, by Yong Xing 永瑆 (Prince Cheng 成亲王, 1752-1823)
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	inscription:	7 seals: 1 of Song Luo 宋犖 (1634-1713); 1 of Gong Erduo 宮爾鐸 (b. 1838); 5 unidentified
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting
	opening date:   1981-02-11T05:00:00
	<i>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</i>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Song Luo 宋犖 [1634–1713]
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	Gong Erduo 宮爾鐸 [b. 1838]
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	Charles L. Freer [1854–1919], Detroit. MI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1915
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1915-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 127, pp. 149-150
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	Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. <em>Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 94-96
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	<div><!--block-->Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. <em>Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.</div>
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 94
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	Tang, Yin 唐寅, Xu Wei 徐渭, and Qiu Ying 仇英. <em>Ming Hua Quan Ji </em>明畫全集. Hangzhou: Zhejiang da xue chu ban she, 2017.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: Vol. 20, pt. 2, p. 216-217, 317
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	Giuffrida, Noelle. <em>Separating Sheep from Goats: Sherman E. Lee and Chinese Art Collecting in Postwar America</em>. Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2018.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 80, fig. 40
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