id:			140153
accession number:	1964.154
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.154
updated:		2025-04-16 18:13:01.427000

Bamboo and Insects, late 1100s. Wu Bing (Chinese, active 1190–1194). Album leaf; fan painting, ink on silk; image: 24.8 x 26.8 cm (9 3/4 x 10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1964.154

title:				Bamboo and Insects
title in original language:	竹蟲圖
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creation date:			late 1100s
creation date earliest:		1190
creation date latest:		1194
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
technique:	Album leaf; fan painting, ink on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Album leaf
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Wu Bing (Chinese, active 1190–1194)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 24.8 x 26.8 cm (9 3/4 x 10 9/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Artist's signature at lower left: 吳炳 Wu Ping.

1 unidentified seal reading "Lo-hsi."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting
	opening date:   1981-02-11T05:00:00
	<i>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</i>. 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’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
	opening date:   2023-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Album leaves from the Sung and Yuan dynasties. </em>China House Gallery, New York, NY (March 26-May 30, 1970).', 'opening_date': '1970-03-26T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	(C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. A. Dean Perry)
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	Mr. A. [Albert] Dean Perry [1910?–1987] and Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry [1911–1996], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1964
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1964–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Wang, Chi-chʻien. <em>Album Leaves from the Sung and Yuan Dynasties: [Exhibition], March 26 Through May 30, 1970</em>. New York: The [China House] Gallery, 1970.
	page number: 	cat. no. 33
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	Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 32, p. 51
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	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. 65-67
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	Tanenbaum, Mary. <em>Fishing on the Terrace: A Collection of Writings,</em> edited by Heather Parks. [Redwood City, CA]: Stanford University Press, 2018
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 32
	url:		

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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.154/1964.154_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.154/1964.154_full.tif