id:			161286
accession number:	1999.6
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.6
updated:		2025-02-14 13:29:57.019000

Pipa (Loquats), c. 1888–89. Xugu (Chinese, 1823–1896). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; painting: 112.6 x 52.2 cm (44 5/16 x 20 9/16 in.); overall (no knobs): 231 x 70.5 cm (90 15/16 x 27 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1999.6

title:				Pipa (Loquats)
title in original language:	枇杷圖
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creation date:			c. 1888–89
creation date earliest:		1888
creation date latest:		1889
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	China, Yangzhou, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Xugu (Chinese, 1823–1896)  - artist

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measurements: Painting: 112.6 x 52.2 cm (44 5/16 x 20 9/16 in.); Overall (no knobs): 231 x 70.5 cm (90 15/16 x 27 3/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	友山仁兄大人屬即教之，虛谷. [印]虛谷書畫
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	inscription:	未接虛公一經書2，夜臺畫興近何如。/
聾丞今日狂談藝，更有誰人能起予。

雨亭以友山所貽虛谷和上畫屬，题於泰山殘石樓中，戊戌三日二十日，高邕并記。
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	inscription:	虚谷上人，余未見其人。觀高聾題大氏，亦海上高流也。其畫下筆如風，隨意涂抹，皆成逸趣。此幀畫枇杷纍纍如缀金，坐其下若咽洞庭五月涼也！

雨亭君所藏，今以貽頌周先生。清道人題。
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Power and Possession: Chinese Calligraphy and Inscribed Objects – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
	opening date:   2018-08-13T04:00:00
	<i>Power and Possession: Chinese Calligraphy and Inscribed Objects – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 13, 2018-February 3, 2019).

	title:		When Salt was Gold: Yangzhou, City of Riches and Art
	opening date:   2023-05-12T04:00:00
	<i>When Salt was Gold: Yangzhou, City of Riches and Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 12-November 5, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 16-July 13, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2004-03-16T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	Youshan 友山 [late 19th century], given to Yuting
	date: c. 1888-89–?
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	Yuting 雨亭 [late 19th century]
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	Zhang Songzhou 張頌周 [b. 1873], by descent to Zhang Bihan
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	Zhang Bihan (Chang Pi-han) 張碧寒 [1909–1995], Piedmont, CA
	date: ?–1995
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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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"In the Company of Spirits." <em>Kaikodo Journal</em>, XI (Spring 1999): pp. 128-29, 272-273.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 30
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	Chung, Anita. "The Life, Art, and Travels of Xugu (1823-1896)." <em>Kaikodo Journal</em>, XI (Spring 1999): pp. 44-51.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major Benin Bronze Plaque, Rembrandt Print, Other Works of Art Enter CMA Collection,” March 12, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4240

	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 and Reproduced: pp. 470-472
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