id: 136758
accession number: 1961.260
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Birds and Ducks on a Snowy Islet, mid-1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album leaf; ink and slight color on silk; overall: 26 x 24.6 cm (10 1/4 x 9 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art 1961.260
title: Birds and Ducks on a Snowy Islet
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creation date: mid-1200s
creation date earliest: 1225
creation date latest: 1275
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creditline: Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art
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culture: China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
technique: Album leaf; ink and slight color on silk
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Album leaf
type: Painting
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measurements: Overall: 26 x 24.6 cm (10 1/4 x 9 11/16 in.)
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inscription: 3 additional seals: 1 of Wu T'ing (c. 1600); 2 of Li Pao-hsun (1858-1915).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Art of Southern Sung China
opening date: 1962-02-15T05:00:00
The Art of Southern Sung China. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 15-April 15, 1962).
title: Year in Review - 1962
opening date: 1962-10-24T04:00:00
Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'The Art of Southern Sung China. Asia House Gallery, New York, NY (1962).', 'opening_date': '1962-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Album Leaves from the Sung and Yuan Dynasties. China House Gallery, New York, NY (March 26-May 30, 1970).', 'opening_date': '1970-03-26T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 2003-March 11, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2003-10-26T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(J. T. Tai 戴福保 [1910-1992], sold to the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art as a gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1961
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1961-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cahill, James. The Art of Southern Sung China. New York: Asia House, 1962.
page number: cat. no. 9
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Lee, Sherman E. and Wai-Kam Ho. "Scattered Pearls beyond the Ocean." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Vol. 51, No. 2 (Feb., 1964), pp. 23-39.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 23-39, cat. no. 2
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151985
Wang, Chi-chʻien. Album Leaves from the Sung and Yuan Dynasties: [Exhibition], March 26 Through May 30, 1970. New York: The [China House] Gallery, 1970.
page number: cat. no. 6
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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: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 26, pp. 47-48
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Tanenbaum, Mary. Fishing on the Terrace: A Collection of Writings, edited by Heather Parks. [Redwood City, CA]: Stanford University Press, 2018.
page number: Reproduced: p. 120
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