id:			152556
accession number:	1985.371
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.371
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:56.472000

Bird on a Flowering Branch, 1100s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll, ink and color on silk; painting: 23.8 x 24.5 cm (9 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.); overall: 117 x 41.7 cm (46 1/16 x 16 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.371

title:				Bird on a Flowering Branch
title in original language:	白梅與禽
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
current location:		
creditline:			The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
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culture:	China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
technique:	album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Album leaf
type:		Painting
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measurements: Painting: 23.8 x 24.5 cm (9 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.); Overall: 117 x 41.7 cm (46 1/16 x 16 7/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	2 seals: 1 official seal of the Yuan Dynasty; 1 unidentified partial seal.
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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:		Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c)
	opening date:   2017-02-11T05:00:00
	<i>Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 13, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<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).', 'opening_date': '1981-02-10T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 16-July 13, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2004-03-16T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Marquis Inoue
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	(Jean-Pierre Dubosc [1903-1988], Paris, France,  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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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: p. 59, cat. no. 44
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	Laozi 老子 and James Legge, translator. <em>Tao Te Ching </em>道德经. New York: Metro Books, 2008.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 24
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IMAGES

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