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accession number:	1997.101
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Flowering Crab Apple, 1500. Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; painting: 87 x 28.5 cm (34 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.); overall with knobs: 238.5 x 52.5 cm (93 7/8 x 20 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1997.101

title:				Flowering Crab Apple
title in original language:	海棠圖
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creation date:			1500
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1500
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creditline:			Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	hanging scroll, ink on paper
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509)  - artist

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measurements: Painting: 87 x 28.5 cm (34 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 238.5 x 52.5 cm (93 7/8 x 20 11/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	粧[粉]合胭脂作曉粧，富於顔色吝於香。
東風不肯全分付，相對梅花各斷腸。

弘治庚申春日, 在雙蛾僧舍見海棠盛開, 適值陸汝器在坐索圖, 此繪以寄興。
長洲沈周 [印]啟南; 石田; 白石翁
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	inscription:	1 additional seal of Wu Yun 吳雲 (1811-1883).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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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'}

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PROVENANCE

	Wu Yun 吳雲 [1811–1883]
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	Saito Etsuzo 齋藤悅 [early 1900s], Sumiyoshi, Japan
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	(Elm & Co., Osaka, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Perry)
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	Mr. A. Dean Perry [1910?-1987] and Mrs. A. Dean Perry, Cleveland, OH
	date: c. 1960s-1987
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	Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry [1911-1996], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1987-1997
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1997-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Naitō, Torajirō 內藤虎次郎. <em>Min shitaika gafu</em> [明四大家畫譜 = Paintings by the four great masters of the Ming dynasty]. Osaka: Hakubundō, 1924.
	page number: 	Mentioned:  p. 18
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	Shinaga kenkyūkai [支那畫硏究會 = Research Club of Chinese paintings]. <em>Shina meiga senshū</em> 支那名畫選集. Kyōto: Nakajima Kyōeisha, Shōwa 2-4 [1927-1929].
	page number: 	vol. III
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	Saitō, Etsuzō 齊藤悦藏 and Torajirō Naitō 內藤虎次郎. <em>Tōan-zō shogafu </em>董盦蔵書畫譜. Ōsaka: Hakubundō, 1928.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. 20
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	Sirén, Osvald.<em> A History of Later Chinese Painting</em>. London: The Medici Society, 1938.
	page number: 	I, Lists, 227
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	Sirén, Osvald. <em>Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles</em>. New York: Ronald Press, 1956.
	page number: 	VII, Lists, 225.
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	Edwards, Richard. <em>The Field of Stones: A Study of the Art of Shen Chou (1427-1509)</em>. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1962.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 77, 105, pl. 47-A
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	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: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 151, p. 180
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	Suzuki, Kei 鈴木敬. <em>Chūgoku kaiga sōgō zuroku</em> [中國繪畫總合圖錄 = Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings], 第 1卷. アメリカ·カナダ篇 [= vol. 1 American and Canadian collections]. Tōkyō: Tōkyō Daigaku Shuppankai, 1982.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  A23-010, p. I-287
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	Barnhart, Richard M. <em>The Jade studio: masterpieces of Ming and Qing painting and calligraphy from the Wong Nan-pʻing collection</em>. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Art Gallery, 1994.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 46, p. 142
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	Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. <em>Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 245-251
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