id: 149157 accession number: 1977.8 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.8 updated: 2023-08-23 22:35:42.991000 Clip for Paper with Sage Seated Under a Pine, 1600s or 1700s. Pu Zhongqian (Chinese, active 1600s). Carved bamboo; overall: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1977.8 title: Clip for Paper with Sage Seated Under a Pine title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1600s or 1700s creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1799 current location: creditline: Edward L. Whittemore Fund copyright: --- culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) technique: carved bamboo department: Chinese Art collection: China - Ming Dynasty type: Wood find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Pu Zhongqian (Chinese, active 1600s) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed by the artist translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1977 opening date: 1977-12-28T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978). title: Chinese Bamboo Carving opening date: 1978-10-14T04:00:00 Chinese Bamboo Carving. Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China (organizer) (October 14, 1978-January 7, 1979). 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: Scholar's Studio opening date: 1989-09-19T04:00:00 Scholar's Studio. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989). title: Chaekgeori: Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens opening date: 2017-08-05T04:00:00 Chaekgeori: Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 5-November 5, 2017). title: China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail opening date: 2022-12-11T05:00:00 China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Bamboo Carving of China. China House Gallery, China Institute in America, New York, NY (March 18-May 29, 1983); Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (July 24-September 11, 1983); Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (October 3, 1983-January 15, 1984). --- PROVENANCE Sir Percival David [1892–1964], London, England, by descent to his wife Lady David date: ?–1964 footnotes: citations: Lady Sheila Jane Yorke Hardy David [1914–?], London, England date: 1964–1976? footnotes: citations: (Sotheby's, London, 14 December, 1976, lot 234, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: 14 December 1976 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1977– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: In China, access to political power was granted to those who passed the civil service examinations, a system that offered official service only at a high level of education. Chinese literati-officials whose daily routine was administrative work in an office, enjoyed precious objects on their writing desks that offered distraction and demonstrated good taste. By the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties, these utensils of the literati studio became also collectibles and were treasured as artworks.

Desk objects included paper weights, seals and seal paste boxes, brush rests, wrist rests, brush holders, water droppers, ink cakes, miniature mountains, and albums, all ranging in material from jade, gilt bronze, lacquer, and wood to porcelain. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Sotheby's London. Early Chinese Ceramics; Sung, Ming and Ch'ing Wares; Lacquer; Works of Art. December 14, 1976. Lot 234. page number: url: Ip, Yee, and Laurence C. S. Tam. Chinese Bamboo Carving [中國竹刻藝術 = Zhongguo Zhu Ke Yi Shu]. Hong Kong: Urban Council, 1978. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 22, p. 171, pl. 10 url: Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1977.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 1 (1978): 2–42. page number: Mentioned: no. 135, p. 42 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159560 Williams, Marjorie. Chinese Painting--an Escape from the "Dusty" World. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. page number: Reproduced: fig. 42, p. 61 url: Wang, Shixiang, and Wango H. C. Weng. Bamboo Carving of China. New York: China House Gallery, China Institute in America, 1983. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 4 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.8/1977.8_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.8/1977.8_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.8/1977.8_full.tif