id: 136759
accession number: 1961.261
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One Hundred Children at Play, 1100s–1200s. Tradition of Su Hanchen (Chinese, active c. 1101–1125), tradition of Wang Juzhen (Chinese). Album leaf; ink and color on silk; image: 28.7 x 31.2 cm (11 5/16 x 12 5/16 in.); with mat: 33.3 x 40.5 cm (13 1/8 x 15 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1961.261
title: One Hundred Children at Play
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creation date: 1100s–1200s
creation date earliest: 1100
creation date latest: 1299
current location: 115 Manuscripts & Textiles
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
technique: Album leaf; ink and color on silk
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Album leaf
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Su Hanchen (Chinese, active c. 1101–1125) - artist
* Wang Juzhen (Chinese) - artist
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measurements: Image: 28.7 x 31.2 cm (11 5/16 x 12 5/16 in.); with mat: 33.3 x 40.5 cm (13 1/8 x 15 15/16 in.)
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inscription: 2 seals unidentified: one lower right and one top center.
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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: Man and His World
opening date: 1967-04-27T05:00:00
Man and His World. Expo 67, Montreal, Canada (organizer) (April 27-October 28, 1967).
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: Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 1998-02-21T00:00:00
Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).
title: China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail
opening date: 2022-12-10T05:00:00
China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).
title: Creation, Birth, and Rebirth
opening date: 2024-08-17T04:00:00
Creation, Birth, and Rebirth. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17, 2024-July 16, 2025).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Album leaves from the Sung and Yuan dynasties. China House Gallery, New York, NY (March 26-May 30, 1970).', 'opening_date': '1970-03-26T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 13-November 11, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2004-07-13T04:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY, sold 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. 11
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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, cover, cat. no. 8
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151985
National Gallery of Canada, and Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau). Terre Des Hommes: Exposition Internationale Des Beaux-Arts, 28 Avril-27 Octobre 1967 [= Man and His World, International Fine Arts Exhibition, Expo 67, Montreal, Canada, 28 April-27 October 1967]. Montréal: Expo 67, 1967.
page number: cat no. 49
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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. 30
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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. 39, pp. 55-56
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Williams, Marjorie. Chinese Painting--an Escape from the "Dusty" World. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 44, p. 63
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Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華: 特别展: クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから= Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.
page number: Mentioned: p. 47, cat. no. 23
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Yang, Kathleen 楊凱琳, and Chi-chʻien Wang 王季遷. Through a Chinese connoisseur's eye: private notes of C.C. Wang 王季遷讀書筆記. Beijing: Zhong hua shu ju, 2010.
page number: Mentioned: p. 317, fig. 16a
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Silbergeld, Jerome, and Dora C. Y. Ching. The Family Model in Chinese Art and Culture. Princeton, NJ: P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art, 2013.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 8, p. 315
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Fortenberry, Diane, ed. The Art Museum. London; New York: Phaidon Press, 2017.
page number: Reproduced: P. 83, no. 1
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