id:			152551
accession number:	1985.367
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.367
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:27.577000

Birds on a Peach Branch, 1100s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album leaf; ink and light color on silk; overall: 24.8 x 25.7 cm (9 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.367

title:				Birds on a Peach Branch
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
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culture:	China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
technique:	Album leaf; ink and light color on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Album leaf
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 24.8 x 25.7 cm (9 3/4 x 10 1/8 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
	<i>A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

	title:		China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail
	opening date:   2022-12-11T05:00:00
	<i>China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</em>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).

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PROVENANCE

	(Heisando Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)
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	The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, 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
	date: 1985–
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fun fact:
An insect is drawn to the scent of the ripe peaches. Is the bird going to catch it?

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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. 70, pp. 89–90
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	Park, J. P. "The Art of being Artistic: Painting Manuals of Late Ming China (1550-1644) and the Negotiation of Taste." <em>Artibus Asiae</em> vol. 71, no. 1, 2011, pp. 5–54.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 15, fig. 7
	url:		https://www-jstor-org.ingallslibrary.idm.oclc.org/stable/41415381

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