id:			148851
accession number:	1976.90
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.90
updated:		2023-03-11 20:51:06.971000

Peonies, late 1200s. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk; painting: 145.5 x 88.3 cm (57 5/16 x 34 3/4 in.); overall with knobs: 256 x 113.2 cm (100 13/16 x 44 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1976.90

title:				Peonies
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creation date:			late 1200s
creation date earliest:		1275
creation date latest:		1300
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
technique:	hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

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measurements: Painting: 145.5 x 88.3 cm (57 5/16 x 34 3/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 256 x 113.2 cm (100 13/16 x 44 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review, 1976
	opening date:   1977-02-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review, 1976</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).

	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).

	title:		Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c)
	opening date:   2017-02-11T05:00:00
	<i>Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 13, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 16-July 13, 2004).

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PROVENANCE

	(Heisando Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1976
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1976–
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wall description:
In China, the peony is considered the Queen of Flowers, representing the late spring season. The shrubs of this tree peony are in full bloom, blossoming in various colors. Peony paintings were popular from the Southern Song period to the Ming dynasty. The large scale of this decorative scroll suggests that it may have been hung in a reception hall, conveying good wishes for wealth and prosperity.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. 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. <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: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 73, p. 93
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