id:			130220
accession number:	1952.589
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.589
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:26.941000

Rocks, Orchid, and Bamboo, 1662. Shitao (Chinese, 1642–1707). Handscroll, ink on paper; overall: 31.8 x 266.7 cm (12 1/2 x 105 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1952.589

title:				Rocks, Orchid, and Bamboo
title in original language:	蘭石竹圖
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creation date:			1662
creation date earliest:		1662
creation date latest:		1662
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique:	handscroll, ink on paper
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Handscroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Shitao (Chinese, 1642–1707)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 31.8 x 266.7 cm (12 1/2 x 105 in.)
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	inscription:	Artist's signature, inscription (with date of 1662), five seals
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	inscription:	Title colophon in four characters with signature and two seals on gold-flecked paper.
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	inscription:	Colophon with two seals.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Meaning of Nature in Chinese Art
	opening date:   1954-04-09T05:00:00
	<i>Meaning of Nature in Chinese Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-June 1, 1954).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1952
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1952-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Fong, Wen, and Shih-t'ao. “A Letter from Shih-T'ao to Pa-Ta-Shan-Jên and the Problem of Shih-T'ao's Chronology.” <em>Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America</em>, vol. 13, 1959, pp. 22–53.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 34-35, fig. 5
	url:		https://www-jstor-org.ingallslibrary.idm.oclc.org/stable/20067015

	Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. <em>Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 400-407, fig. 1
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