id:			144686
accession number:	1969.305
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.305
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:24.597000

Returning Birds and Old Cypress, late 1100s–early 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album leaf; ink on silk; image: 23.8 x 24.9 cm (9 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.); overall: 33.3 x 40.5 cm (13 1/8 x 15 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee 1969.305

title:				Returning Birds and Old Cypress
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creation date:			late 1100s–early 1200s
creation date earliest:		1175
creation date latest:		1225
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creditline:			Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee
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culture:	China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
technique:	Album leaf; ink on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Album leaf
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 23.8 x 24.9 cm (9 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.); Overall: 33.3 x 40.5 cm (13 1/8 x 15 15/16 in.)
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	inscription:	1 unidentified seal reads: Yun-chou shan-jen [Mountain dweller of the cloudy islet].
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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

* {'description': "China House Gallery, New York, 1970: Wang Chi-ch'ien, Album Leaves, cat. no. 24.", 'opening_date': '1970-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Asia House Gallery, New York, 1974: Lee, Colors of Ink, cat. no. 7.', 'opening_date': '1974-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, cat. no. 28, p. 48.', 'opening_date': '1981-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Sherman E. Lee [1918-2008] and Mrs. Ruth Ward Lee [1917–2011], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1969
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969–
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