id:			160948
accession number:	1999.216.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.216.2
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Herdboys and Buffalo in Landscape, 1200s. Guo Min (Chinese, mid-late 1200s). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; image: 91 x 56 cm (35 13/16 x 22 1/16 in.); overall with knobs: 193 x 75.4 cm (76 x 29 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1999.216.2

title:				Herdboys and Buffalo in Landscape
title in original language:	牧牛圖
series:				
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creation date:			1200s
creation date earliest:		1250
creation date latest:		1285
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Qixian, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Guo Min (Chinese, mid-late 1200s)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 91 x 56 cm (35 13/16 x 22 1/16 in.); Overall with knobs: 193 x 75.4 cm (76 x 29 11/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	齊向中流渡，那知行路難。/
前村青草長，煙雨□漫漫。/
伯達
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 242)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 28, 2014-January 7, 2015).

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PROVENANCE

	Shokado Shojo 松花堂昭乗 [1584–1639], Japan
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	Otokoyama Hachiman-gu 男山八幡宮, Kyoto, Japan
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	Baron Morimura Kaisaku 男爵 森村開作 [1873–1962], Japan
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	(Kaikodo America Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1999
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1999–
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fun fact:
Tending water buffalos has traditionally been the task of young boys and can still be seen in rural areas of Southern China today.

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wall description:
Herdboys tend their buffalo in a bucolic landscape by a winding stream. Guo Min emphasizes the massive forms and mighty power of the animals, transforming them into forces of nature. <br><br>The poem on this scroll reads: "Together, they wade through the middle of the stream, Mindless of perils in the journey. The grass grows tall in the village ahead, While the mist and rain spread far and wide."
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Kokka </em>no. 355 (1919) pp. 202-206.
	page number: 	pp. 202-206
	url:		

	Harada, Kinjirō 原田謹次郎. <em>Nihon genzai Shina meiga mokuroku</em>日本現在支那名畫目錄. Tōkyō: Ōtsuka Kōgeisha, 1938.
	page number: 	p. 124
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	<em>Kaikodo </em>(Autumn 1999), no. 2, pp. 94-95, 246-49.
	page number: 	pp. 94-95, 246-49
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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: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 97-99
	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: 	Mentioned: p. 99
	url:		

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