id: 152408
accession number: 1985.246
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Mandarin Duck, 1500s. Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; painting only: 30 x 41.4 cm (11 13/16 x 16 5/16 in.); including mounting: 110 x 58.4 cm (43 5/16 x 23 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.246
title: Mandarin Duck
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creation date: 1500s
creation date earliest: 1520
creation date latest: 1589
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creditline: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
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culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
technique: hanging scroll; ink on paper
department: Japanese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577) - artist
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measurements: Painting only: 30 x 41.4 cm (11 13/16 x 16 5/16 in.); Including mounting: 110 x 58.4 cm (43 5/16 x 23 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection
opening date: 1988-09-14T04:00:00
A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Neiman Marcus, Dallas, TX, October 21-November 2, 1974: A Representation of 3,000 Years of The Art of Japan from Mayuyama Collection, no. 15', 'opening_date': '1974-10-21T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Tokyo National Museum, July 1974, Special Exhibition of Sesson', 'opening_date': '1974-07-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Klaus T. Naumann, Tokyo, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)
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The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, ?-1985, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?-1985
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1985-present
date: 1985-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cunningham, Michael R. “Painting the Poetry of the Natural World.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 7 (September 1988): 279–291.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 286, fig. 8
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25160039
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