id: 152833
accession number: 1985.71.9
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Peaches, 1788. Min Zhen (Chinese, 1730–after 1788). Album leaf, ink on paper; sheet: 29 x 18.4 cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1985.71.9
title: Peaches
title in original language: 桃子
series:
series in original language: 雑畫圖冊
creation date: 1788
creation date earliest: 1788
creation date latest: 1788
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique: album leaf, ink on paper
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Album leaf
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Min Zhen (Chinese, 1730–after 1788) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 29 x 18.4 cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
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inscription: Inscription by Min Chen on the last leaf:
I have a habit of collecting strange rocks. My friend Tai-li shan-jen* treasures my paintings as much as I treasure strange rocks. Once we agreed to exchange what we love with each other. However, my busy activities have kept me from carrying this out. This summer I realized that this strange rock has been sitting in my studio for five years, so I painted this to fulfill my old promise. As a record, I chose the grotesque cliff in the last scene of this twelve-leaf album. Cheng-chai, Min Chen inscribed this on the sixth day of the sixth month [July 9] of the wu-shen year [1788].
* Tai-li shan-jen is Wang Li [tzu: Li-fu] tr. Hou-mei Ishida
Six seals appearing on the leaves:
Min Chen, Cheng-chai, Ching-ch'iao, Chen, Liao-t'ang, Min Chen chih-yin.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Gallery 122 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 29, 1999–January 24, 2000).', 'opening_date': '1999-10-29T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Gallery 122 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 15, 2000–March 26, 2001).', 'opening_date': '2000-11-15T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Daili Shanren 戴笠山人 [active late 1700s]
date: 1788–?
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Ni Yun 倪耘 [d. 1864]
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Yan Shiqing 顏世清 [1873–1929]
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Xu Xiaopu 徐小圃 [1887–1961]
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Ding Nianxian 丁念先 [1906–1969]
date: c. mid-1900s
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(Eskenazi Ltd., London, England, sold 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
Ding, Nianxian 丁念先. Nian sheng lou du hua xiao ji [念聖樓讀畫小紀 = Chinese calligraphy and painting of various dynasties in the collection of Nianshenglou]. Taibei: Wen xing za zhi she, 1961.
page number: Mentioned: p. 41, no. 85
url:
Fukunaga, Takehiko 福永武彥, and Howard L. Rogers. Kinnō, Bunjinga suihen. chiyūgo (9) 金農, 文人画粋編. 中国篇 9. Tōkyō: Chūōkoronsha, 1976.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pls. 94–97, p. 179, fig. 30
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Sotheby's, Parke, Bernet, New York. Fine Chinese Paintings. June 3, 1985 sale.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 69
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Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 462–465
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