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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

* <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

	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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fun fact:
Shen Zhou painted this is an informal and rapidly done presentation picture when he was 74 years old.

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wall description:
Shen Zhou painted a broken branch (<em>zhezhi</em> 折枝) of crab apple, a fragment of nature rather than the full plant in its natural context. Shen uses calligraphic outlines in pure ink to depict the flower petals. The swift yet precise brushstrokes together with the slight S-shaped branch convey vitality. <br><br>The inscription is a poem written by the artist, commenting on the lovely color and melancholic aura of the crab apple blossom. Shen Zhou is the founder of the Wu School, a group of scholars and officials active around Suzhou in eastern China, known for practicing painting and calligraphy in a refined and elegant style.
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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
	url:		

	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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