id: 146067
accession number: 1971.26
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updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:29.244000
The Football Players, c. late 1100s–1st quarter 1200s. Attributed to Ma Yuan (Chinese, c. 1150-after 1255). Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk; image: 115.6 x 55.3 cm (45 1/2 x 21 3/4 in.); overall: 214.8 x 78 cm (84 9/16 x 30 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cowett 1971.26
title: The Football Players
title in original language: 蹴鞠圖
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creation date: c. late 1100s–1st quarter 1200s
creation date earliest: 1189
creation date latest: 1225
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creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cowett
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culture: China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
technique: Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Ma Yuan (Chinese, c. 1150-after 1255) - artist
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measurements: Image: 115.6 x 55.3 cm (45 1/2 x 21 3/4 in.); Overall: 214.8 x 78 cm (84 9/16 x 30 11/16 in.)
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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: Asian Games: The Art of Contest
opening date: 2004-10-14T00:00:00
Asian Games: The Art of Contest. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (October 14, 2004-February 5, 2005); National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC (February 26-May 15, 2005).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 16-October 28, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-07-16T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur A. Cowett, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?–1971
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1971–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Art Quarterly, Vol. XXIV, No. 4 (Winter, 1971), repr. p. 494.
page number: Reproduced p. 494
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 343
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n363
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: cat. no. 55, p. 71
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Suzuki, Kei 鈴木敬. Chūgoku kaiga sōgō zuroku [中國繪畫總合圖錄 = Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings], 第 1卷. アメリカ·カナダ篇 [= vol. 1 American and Canadian collections]. Tōkyō: Tōkyō Daigaku Shuppankai, 1982.
page number: Reproduced: fig. A22-017
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Finkel, Irving L., and Colin Mackenzie. Asian Games: The Art of Contest. New York, NY: Asia Society, 2004.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 23:1, p. 304
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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: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015..
page number: Mentioned: pp. 72-75; Reproduced: p. 74, fig. 2
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IMAGES
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