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accession number: 1964.242
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A Pair of Peafowl, late 1400s-early 1500s. Lin Liang (Chinese, 1416–1480). Hanging scroll, ink on silk; painting: 160 x 106 cm (63 x 41 3/4 in.); overall with knobs: 256.5 x 133.3 cm (101 x 52 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.242
title: A Pair of Peafowl
title in original language: 孔雀竹石圖
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creation date: late 1400s-early 1500s
creation date earliest: 1485
creation date latest: 1505
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creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique: hanging scroll, ink on silk
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Lin Liang (Chinese, 1416–1480) - artist
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measurements: Painting: 160 x 106 cm (63 x 41 3/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 256.5 x 133.3 cm (101 x 52 1/2 in.)
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inscription: 林良. [印] 以善圖書
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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: 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: The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
opening date: 1990-07-05T04:00:00
The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
title: Flora and Fauna (Chinese art rotation)
opening date: 2020-11-06T05:00:00
Flora and Fauna (Chinese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 2020-June 6, 2021).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Jiao yu bu di er ci quan guo mei shu zhan lan hui zhuan ji [敎育部第二次全國美術展覽會專集 = A special collection of the second National Exhibition of Chinese Art under the auspices of the Ministry of Education]. Shanghai or Nanjing?, China (April 1-23, 1937).', 'opening_date': '1937-04-01T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'The Colors of Ink. Asia House Gallery, New York, NY (January 10-March 3,1974).', 'opening_date': '1974-01-10T04:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Imperial Paintings of the Ming Dynasty: The Zhe School. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (February 14-April 11, 1993).', 'opening_date': '1993-02-14T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 242). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 28, 2014-January 7, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2014-08-28T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Gao Jianfu 高劍父 [1878–1951]
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(Walter Hochstadter [1914-2007], Hong Kong, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Millikin)
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Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], 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
Jiao yu bu di er ci quan guo mei shu zhan lan hui zhuan ji [敎育部第二次全國美術展覽會專集 = A special collection of the second National Exhibition of Chinese Art under the auspices of the Ministry of Education]. [Nanjing?]: Shang wu yin shu guan, 1937.
page number: no. 114
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Sirén, Osvald. Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. New York: Ronald Press, 1956.
page number: Mentioned: VII, Lists, 210
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Goepper, Roger. 1000 Jahre chinesische Malerei. München: Haus der Kunst, 1959.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 78-79, fig. 44
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Goepper, Roger. Chinesische Malerei: die jüngere Tradition. Bern: Hallwag, 1960.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 44-45
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Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 425-426, fig. 568
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Lee, Sherman Emery, and James Robinson. The Colors of Ink: Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1974.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 1
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Cahill, James. Parting at the Shore: Chinese Painting of the Early and Middle Ming Dynasty, 1368-1580. New York: Weatherhill, 1978.
page number: Mentioned: p. 55
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Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
page number: Mentioned; cat. no. 150, p. 87; Reproduced: pl. 27
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Chen, Pao-chen 陳葆真. "A Study of Lin Liang and His Paintings," National Palace Museum Bulletin 故宮通訊, vol. XXVII, no. 4 (September-October 1992).
page number: Reproduced: p. 15, pl. 4
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Barnhart, Richard M., Mary Ann Rogers, and Richard Stanley-Baker. Painters of the Great Ming: The Imperial Court and the Zhe School. Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art, 1993.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 53, p. 201
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Sung, Hou-Mei. “The Three Yin Masters of the Ming Court: Yin Shan, Yin Xie and Yin Hong.” Artibus Asiae, vol. 58, no. 1/2, 1998, pp. 91–113.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 11, p. 104
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3249996
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. 229-232
url:
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