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accession number: 1959.348
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Buddhist Retreat by Stream and Mountains, 960–985. Juran (Chinese, active 960–985). Hanging scroll, ink on silk; painting only: 184.5 x 56.1 cm (72 5/8 x 22 1/16 in.); overall: 260.5 x 68 cm (102 9/16 x 26 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer 1959.348
title: Buddhist Retreat by Stream and Mountains
title in original language: 溪山蘭若圖
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creation date: 960–985
creation date earliest: 960
creation date latest: 985
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creditline: Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer
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culture: China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
technique: hanging scroll, ink on silk
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Juran (Chinese, active 960–985) - artist
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measurements: Painting only: 184.5 x 56.1 cm (72 5/8 x 22 1/16 in.); Overall: 260.5 x 68 cm (102 9/16 x 26 3/4 in.)
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inscription: The upper portion of the scroll: the two small characters, “Ju wu 巨五”, written near the large seal.
Written by a functionary in Shang Shu Sheng (the Department of State Affairs) when the painting was first received.
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inscription: The upper portion of the scroll: the large seal, “Shang Shu Sheng yin 尚書省印” (seal of the Department of State Affairs)
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inscription: The upper portion of the scroll: the half-seal “Si yin 司印”, seen along a border.
Attributed to 典禮紀察司 of Ming dynasty.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Colors of Ink
opening date: 1974-01-10T04:00:00
The Colors of Ink. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974).
title: Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques
opening date: 1981-02-07T05:00:00
Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 7-April 5, 1981).
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: Mountains, Rocks, and Water: Landscape Painting in Asia
opening date: 1987-10-02T04:00:00
Mountains, Rocks, and Water: Landscape Painting in Asia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2-December 13, 1987).
title: Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection
opening date: 1991-09-17T04:00:00
Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).
title: Masterpieces of Early Chinese Painting and Calligraphy in American Collections
opening date: 2012-11-01T00:00:00
Masterpieces of Early Chinese Painting and Calligraphy in American Collections. Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, China (organizer) (November 1, 2012-January 3, 2013).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Chinese Landscape Paintings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1954).
* Chinese Painting, Themes and Techniques. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1981). Photo-reproduction only on view; reproduced in catalogue, no. 19, p. 32.
* Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 16-October 28, 2003).
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PROVENANCE
Song government (Shang Shu Sheng yin 尚書省印), Beijing
date: 960-1279
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Ming government (half-seal Si yin 司印), Beijing
date: 1368-98
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Wu Ting 吳廷 (first half of 1600s)
date: first half of 1600s
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Liang Qingbiao 梁清標 [1620–1691]
date: 1620-1691
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Geng Zhaozhong 耿昭忠 [1640–1686]
date: 1640-86
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An Qi 安岐 [c. 1683–c. 1744]
date: c. 1683-c. 1744
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Qing imperial collection (seals of the Qianlong Emperor), Beijing
date: 1736-95
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Shao Fu-hsing
date: early 1900s
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Frank F. Cho, New York, NY
date: ?-1959
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Katharine Holden Thayer [1898-1985], Gates Mills, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?-1959
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1959-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. Chinese Landscape Painting. Cleveland OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1954.
page number: cat. no. 13, p. 21
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 258
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n282
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 258
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n282
Lee, Sherman Emery, and James Robinson. The Colors of Ink: Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1974.
page number: cat. no. 1
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 339
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n359
Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 11, pp. 15-19
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Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 50–51
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Shanghai bo wu guan. Han mo hui cui: xi du Meiguo cang Zhongguo Wu dai Song Yuan shu hua zhen pin [翰墨薈萃: 细读美国藏中国五代宋元书画珍品 = Masterpieces of early Chinese painting and calligraphy in American collections]. Beijing: Beijing da xue chu ban she, 2012.
page number: Reproduced: cat no. 4, pp. 87-88
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Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 22–28
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Li, Song,et.al. A History of Chinese Art. Translated by Simon Yin and Jane Elliott. Cambridge,UK; NY: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
page number: Mention: p. 956; Reproduced: p. 957, III.71
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