id: 134610
accession number: 1957.141
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The Hunt, 300–100 BCE. China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE) to Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE). Painted clamshell; overall: 7.5 x 9 cm (2 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Homer H. Tielke, Jr., in honor of the fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Homer H. Tielke, Sr. 1957.141
title: The Hunt
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creation date: 300–100 BCE
creation date earliest: -300
creation date latest: -100
current location: 241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline: Gift of Homer H. Tielke, Jr., in honor of the fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Homer H. Tielke, Sr.
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culture: China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE) to Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE)
technique: Painted clamshell
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Zhou Dynasty
type: Painting
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measurements: Overall: 7.5 x 9 cm (2 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei
opening date: 1959-10-16T04:00:00
1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Mùnich, Germany (organizer) (October 16-December 13, 1959).
title: Chinese Art
opening date: 1962-01-08T05:00:00
Chinese Art. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA (organizer) (January 8-26, 1962).
title: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting
opening date: 1981-02-11T05:00:00
Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. 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).
title: China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail
opening date: 2022-12-11T05:00:00
China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Chinese Painting. Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY (May 22-June 10, 1940).', 'opening_date': '1940-05-22T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Arts of the Han Dynasty. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 7-March 26, 1961).', 'opening_date': '1961-02-07T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Samuel Hubert Minkenhof [1879–1956], Amsterdam, Netherlands, and New York, NY
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(C.T. Loo 盧芹齋 [1880–1957], Paris, France, and New York, NY, purchased with funds from Homer H. Tielke Jr. [1918–2004] for gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1957
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1957–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Vassar College. Chinese Painting: Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Exhibition May 22 to June 10, 1940. Poughkeepsie, NY: The Gallery, 1940.
page number: Mentioned: cat. nos. 1, 2, pl. 1
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 812
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n144
Lee, Sherman E. "Early Chinese Painted Shells with Hunting Scenes." Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America 11 (1957): 69–75.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 69–75; Reproduced: p. 71, figs. 1a, 2a, 3a
url: Stable URL https://www.jstor.org/stable/20066993
Goepper, Roger. 1000 Jahre chinesische Malerei. München: Haus der Kunst, 1959.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 1
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Trubner, Henry. Arts of the Han Dynasty. New York: Chinese Art Society of America, Asia House, 1961.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 85
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Chinese Art: An Exhibition of Paintings, Jades, Bronzes and Ceramics: Being a Contribution Made by Smith College Museum of Art to the College Interim Session, 1962. Northampton, MA: The Smith College Museum of Art, 1962.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 1, pl. 1
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Sullivan, Michael. The Birth of Landscape Painting in China. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962.
page number: Mentioned: p. 19
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Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: color pl. 6
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Li, Dun Jen. The Ageless Chinese, A History. New York: Scribner, 1965.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 114
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Toynbee, Arnold, and Elsé Glahn. Half the World: The History and Culture of China and Japan. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 37, pl. 12
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