id:			150469
accession number:	1981.34
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.34
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:47.658000

Swallow and Lotus, mid-1200s. Attributed to Fachang Muqi (Chinese, 1220–1280). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; image: 91.8 x 47 cm (36 1/8 x 18 1/2 in.); mounted: 195.5 x 63.6 cm (76 15/16 x 25 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1981.34

title:				Swallow and Lotus
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			mid-1200s
creation date earliest:		1225
creation date latest:		1275
current location:		
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Fachang Muqi (Chinese, 1220–1280)  - artist
active mid-13th century
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measurements: Image: 91.8 x 47 cm (36 1/8 x 18 1/2 in.); Mounted: 195.5 x 63.6 cm (76 15/16 x 25 1/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Seal of Mu Qi in lower right corner.
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1981
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1981</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Cheng Qi 程琦 [1911–1988], Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1981
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1981–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1981.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 69, no. 2 (February 1982): 39–82.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 83, no. 128
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159758

	Wink, Richard, and Richard Phipps. <em>The McGraw-Hill Museum-Goer's Guide</em>. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
	page number: 	Reproduced: no. 3.7, p. 51
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	Fiero, Gloria K. <em>Prehistory to the Early Modern World</em>. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Fig. 14.16, p. 337
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	<em>30,000 Years of Art: The Story of Human Creativity Across Time and Space</em>. London; New York: Phaidon, 2007.
	page number: 	p. 599
	url:		

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