id: 140154
accession number: 1964.155
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Birds on a Tree above a Cataract, 1127–1279. Li Di (Chinese, c. 1100-c. 1192). Album leaf; ink and color on silk; painting: 24.9 x 26 cm (9 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.); overall: 37.6 x 59.4 cm (14 13/16 x 23 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1964.155
title: Birds on a Tree above a Cataract
title in original language: 宿禽激湍圖
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creation date: 1127–1279
creation date earliest: 1127
creation date latest: 1279
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creditline: Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
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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
* Li Di (Chinese, c. 1100-c. 1192) - artist
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measurements: Painting: 24.9 x 26 cm (9 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.); Overall: 37.6 x 59.4 cm (14 13/16 x 23 3/8 in.)
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inscription: A signature at lower left edge.
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inscription: 3 additional seals: 1 of Xiang Yuanbian 項元汴 (1525-1590), 2 of Wu Maohe 吳懋和 (1600s).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei
opening date: 1959-10-16T04:00:00
1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Mùnich, Germany (organizer) (October 16-December 13, 1959).
title: Wang Chi-ch'ien, Album Leaves from the Sung and Yuan Dynasties
opening date: 1970-03-26T05:00:00
Wang Chi-ch'ien, Album Leaves from the Sung and Yuan Dynasties. China House Gallery (organizer) (March 26-May 30, 1970).
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': 'The Fragrance of Ink: Chinese and Japanese Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. A. Dean Perry. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 19-August 3, 1997).', 'opening_date': '1997-04-19T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Xiang Yuanbian 項元汴 [1525–1590]
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Wu Maohe 吳懋和 [1600s]
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C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY
date: at least by 1962
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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
Goepper, Roger. 1000 Jahre chinesische Malerei. München: Haus der Kunst, 1959.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no.16
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Cahill, James. The Art of Southern Sung China. New York: Asia House, 1962.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 8, p. 31
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Goepper, Roger. The Essence of Chinese Painting. London: Lund Humphries, 1963.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 64-66; Reproduced: p. 115, pl. 19
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Edwards, Richard. Li Ti. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1967.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 18-20; Reproduced: plate 10
url: https://archive.org/details/liti331967edwa
Goepper, Roger. Kunst und Kunsthandwerk Ostasiens; ein Handbuch für Sammler und Liebhaber. München: Keyser, 1968.
page number: p1. 92
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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: Reproduced: cat. no. 12
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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: Reproduced: cat. no. 34, pp. 52-53
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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. 307, fig. 16
url:
Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 56-58
url:
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