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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 with knobs: 260.6 x 126.3 cm (102 5/8 x 49 3/4 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 with knobs: 260.6 x 126.3 cm (102 5/8 x 49 3/4 in.)
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inscriptions:
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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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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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1974
opening date: 1975-03-11T04:00:00
Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (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, Cleveland, OH (February 7-April 5, 1981).
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 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).
title: China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
opening date: 2023-09-10T04:00:00
China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 12-July 16, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-03-12T05:00:00Z'}
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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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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 繭山順吉. Mayuyama, Seventy Years [Ryūsen shūhō: sōgyō shichijusshūnen kinen = 龍泉集芳 : 創業七十周年記念]. Tōkyō: Mayuyama Ryūsendō 繭山龍泉堂, 1976.
page number: Reproduced: Vol. II, 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 繭山順吉. 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: pp. 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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"New in the Galleries.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 57, no. 2 (March/April 2017): Back cover.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: Back cover.
url:
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
url:
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