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accession number:	1967.249
share license status:	CC0
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Sleeping Bird on a Prunus Branch, 1400s. Bian Wenjin (Chinese, about 1354–1428). Album leaf, ink on silk; overall: 24.3 x 21 cm (9 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee 1967.249

title:				Sleeping Bird on a Prunus Branch
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creation date:			1400s
creation date earliest:		1426
creation date latest:		1435
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creditline:			Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee
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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	album leaf, ink on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Album leaf
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Bian Wenjin (Chinese, about 1354–1428)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 24.3 x 21 cm (9 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Artist's inscription, signature, and 2 seals:  Painted by Pien Ching-chao of Lung-hsi, painter-in-attendance of [Wu]-ying-tien.  [seals] I-ch'ing-tung-chih; Pien shih Wen-chin
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1968
	opening date:   1969-01-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1968</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).

	title:		The Colors of Ink
	opening date:   1974-01-10T04:00:00
	<i>The Colors of Ink</i>. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974).

	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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Sherman E. Lee [1918–2008] and Mrs. Ruth Ward Lee [1918-2011], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1967
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1967-present
	date: 1967-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. <em>The Colors of Ink: Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. New York: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1974.
	page number: 	cat. no. 25
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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: 	cat. no. 122, p. 147.
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