id:			149119
accession number:	1977.5
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.5
updated:		2024-04-25 11:08:15.791000

Sericulture (The Process of Making Silk), early 1200s. Attributed to Liang Kai (Chinese, mid-1100s-early 1200s). Handscroll; ink and color on silk; first section: 26.7 x 98.6 cm (10 1/2 x 38 13/16 in.); second section: 27.6 x 92.3 cm (10 7/8 x 36 5/16 in.); third section: 27.6 x 92.3 cm (10 7/8 x 36 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Collection 1977.5

title:				Sericulture (The Process of Making Silk)
title in original language:	耕織圖
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creation date:			early 1200s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1225
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creditline:			John L. Severance Collection
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culture:	China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
technique:	Handscroll; ink and color on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Handscroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Liang Kai (Chinese, mid-1100s-early 1200s)  - artist

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measurements: First Section: 26.7 x 98.6 cm (10 1/2 x 38 13/16 in.); Second Section: 27.6 x 92.3 cm (10 7/8 x 36 5/16 in.); Third Section: 27.6 x 92.3 cm (10 7/8 x 36 5/16 in.)
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	inscription:	3 colophons and 7 seals of Ch'eng Ch'i (20th c.).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1977
	opening date:   1977-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1977</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

	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:		The Splendor of Chinese Silk – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
	opening date:   2018-02-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Splendor of Chinese Silk – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 5-August 12, 2018).

	title:		China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
	opening date:   2023-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 2003-March 11, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2003-10-26T04:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Cheng Qi 程琦 [1911–1988], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1977
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1977–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 61, pp. 78–80
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	Smith, Bonnie G., et.al. <em>World in the Making: A Global History</em>. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 387
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