id:			150903
accession number:	1982.29.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.29.2
updated:		2025-05-29 11:07:46.214000

Liu Haichan, 1300s. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; image: 105 x 38 cm (41 5/16 x 14 15/16 in.); overall with knobs: 182.8 x 59.1 cm (71 15/16 x 23 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1982.29.2

title:				Liu Haichan
title in original language:	劉海蟾
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creation date:			1300s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1399
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore 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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measurements: Image: 105 x 38 cm (41 5/16 x 14 15/16 in.); Overall with knobs: 182.8 x 59.1 cm (71 15/16 x 23 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscribed in upper right corner:

The old tree has its green shrouded in mist/ 
In the depth of the mountain the moon is bright/ 
By no means could the eyes of the dusty world/ 
Understand these particular feelings.

Shan-yüeh tao-jen
[seal] Shan-yüeh (?)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1982
	opening date:   1983-01-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1982</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).

	title:		La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre
	opening date:   2010-03-29T00:00:00
	<i>La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre</i>. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 29-July 5, 2010).

	title:		Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art
	opening date:   2022-05-13T04:00:00
	<i>Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13-November 6, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Katsuhiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1982
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1982–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 70, no. 1 (January 1983): 3–55.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 114, p. 54
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159799

	Delacour, Catherine.<em> La Voie du Tao: un Autre Chemin de L'être : Galeries Nationales, Grand Palais, 29 Mars-5 Juillet 2010</em>. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2010.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 280 and 282; Reproduced: pp. 281 and 283, cat. no. 72.1 and 72.2
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