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accession number: 1974.26
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A Prunus in the Moonlight, 1300s. Wang Mian (Chinese, 1287-1359). Hanging scroll, ink on silk; painting: 164.6 x 94.6 cm (64 13/16 x 37 1/4 in.); overall: 260.6 x 116 cm (102 5/8 x 45 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1974.26
title: A Prunus in the Moonlight
title in original language: 月下梅花圖
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creation date: 1300s
creation date earliest: 1300
creation date latest: 1399
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creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
technique: hanging scroll, ink on silk
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Wang Mian (Chinese, 1287-1359) - artist
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measurements: Painting: 164.6 x 94.6 cm (64 13/16 x 37 1/4 in.); Overall: 260.6 x 116 cm (102 5/8 x 45 11/16 in.)
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inscription: 海雲初破月團團,獨鶴高飛夜未殘。
一片笙簫湖水上,玉妃含笑倚闌干。
王元章作
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inscription: 8 additional seals: 6 of the Qianlong 乾隆 emperor (r. 1736-95); 2 of Dong Gao 董誥 (1740-1818).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1974
opening date: 1975-03-11T04:00:00
Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).
title: Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques
opening date: 1981-02-07T05:00:00
Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques. The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 7-March 29, 1981).
title: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting
opening date: 1981-02-10T05:00:00
Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).
title: Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection
opening date: 1991-09-17T04:00:00
Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).
title: Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c)
opening date: 2017-02-11T05:00:00
Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 13, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 12-July 16, 2003).
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PROVENANCE
Qing imperial collection, seals of the Qianlong Emperor, reigned 1736–95
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Dong Gao 董誥 [1740–1818]
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Marquis Asano Nagakoto 侯爵 淺野長勲 [1842–1937], Hiroshima, Japan
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Yasuda Family 安田家, chief retainer of the Asano Family
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(Mayuyama & Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1974
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1974-
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wall description:
This magnificent plum tree under the full moon is a masterwork of powerful brushwork and composition. The artist’s sweeping brushstrokes left traces of so-called flying-white (feibai 飛白) on the branches that, together with the delicately rendered white plum blossoms, appear as reflections of the bright moonlight.The large dimensions of the scroll suggest that it was originally hung in the great hall of a stately home, perhaps during the spring festival. Plum blossoms that bloom in early spring and resist the harsh frosts symbolize endurance in adverse times.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1974." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Vol. 62, No. 3, (Mar., 1975), pp. 62-102.
page number: Reproduced: p. 90, no. 164
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152580
"Annual Report for 1974.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 62, no. 6, 1975, pp. 175–209.
page number: Reproduced: cover
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152593
Mayuyama, Junkichi. Mayuyama, seventy years = Ryūsen shūhō : sōgyō shichijusshūnen kinen. Tōkyō: Mayuyama Ryūsendō, 1976.
page number: Reproduced: Vol. 11, pl. 167
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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. 344
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n364
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. 88, p. 108
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Williams, Marjorie. Chinese Painting--an Escape from the "Dusty" World. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
page number: Reproduced: p. 49, fig. 33
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Mayuyama, Junkichi. Bijutsushō no yorokobi [美術商のよろこび The Joys of an Art Dealer]. Tokyo, Japan: Mayuyama Junkichi, 1988.
page number: Reproduced: p. 74-75, pl. 27
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Little, Stephen. “Dimensions of a Portrait: Du Jin's ‘The Poet Lin Bu Walking in the Moonlight.’” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 75, no. 9, 1988, pp. 330–349.
page number: Reproduced: p. 335, fig. 2
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160049
May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Reproduced: no. 81, p. 76; Mentioned: p. 119
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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: Reproduced: pp. 147-149
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"New in the Galleries." Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. March/April 2017.
page number: Reproduced: back cover
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Spee, Clarissa von. "From the SIlk Road to the Imperial Court: Chinese Textiles in the Cleveland Museum of Art." Arts of Asia 48, no. 3 (May-June 2018): 50-56.
page number: Reproduced: p. 56, p. 12
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Giuffrida, Noelle. Separating Sheep from Goats: Sherman E. Lee and Chinese Art Collecting in Postwar America. Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2018.
page number: Reproduced: p. 155, fig. 87
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