id: 140153
accession number: 1964.154
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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
series:
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creation date: late 1100s
creation date earliest: 1190
creation date latest: 1194
current location: 003 Special Exhibition Hall
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
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's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta (Jiangnan)
opening date: 2023-09-10T04:00:00
China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta (Jiangnan). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Album leaves from the Sung and Yuan dynasties. China House Gallery, New York, NY (March 26-May 30, 1970).
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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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fun fact:
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wall description:
Wu Bing, a native of Piling, gained Empress Li’s favor and served as a painter-in-attendance at the court in Hangzhou during the Shaoxi reign (1190–94). The round fan painting shows a dragonfly hovering over a stalk of bamboo, a bush cricket (luowei) perching on a leaf, and a flying wasp.
Yellow leaf tips suggest the late summer or early autumn season. The chirping of the cricket sounds similar to the sound of a working loom; the insect is therefore also called weaving lady (fangzhi niang). The weaving season starts when the weather is about to turn cold—the cricket symbolizes early autumn.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
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. 33
url:
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. 32, p. 51
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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. 65-67
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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. 32
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IMAGES
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full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.154/1964.154_full.tif