id:			162867
accession number:	2003.352
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.352
updated:		2022-10-29 16:45:01.977000

Lineage Portrait of Buddhist Monks, 1600s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Hanging scroll mounted on a panel (framed); ink, color, and gold on paper; overall: 171.5 x 99.7 cm (67 1/2 x 39 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Gow 2003.352

title:				Lineage Portrait of Buddhist Monks
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creation date:			1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1699
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Gow
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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique:	hanging scroll mounted on a panel (framed); ink, color, and gold on paper
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 171.5 x 99.7 cm (67 1/2 x 39 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

	title:		Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
	opening date:   2019-08-12T04:00:00
	<i>Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 12, 2019-February 2, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Henri Vever [1854–1942], France
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	Robert and Katy Gow, Naples, FL, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–2003
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2003–
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wall description: 
This painting features 24 Buddhist priests, likely of several generations and members of the same temple or school. The priests are depicted with attention to individual features and appearances, dressed in their formal garments. They may represent monks of the Ōbaku school, a form of Chan (Japanese: Zen) Buddhism founded in Japan by Chinese émigré monks and their Japanese followers. The painting has remnants of a Japanese mounting, indicating that it was once kept in Japan.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Chang, Willow Hai. <em>Song of Life: Chinese Art from the Gow Family Collection</em>. Naples, FL: Naples Museum of Art, 2000.
	page number: 	cat. no. 25
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	Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The Persistence of Geometry Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art : [Exhibition] the Cleveland Museum of Art at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, 9 June-20 August 2006</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Museum, 2006.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 28, p. 117; Reproduced: p. 99
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