id:			174005
accession number:	2015.498
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.498
updated:		2025-02-15 12:46:42.303000

Squirrel on a Pine Branch, 1500s. Song Tian (Chinese, active 1300s). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; overall: 119.7 x 66.4 cm (47 1/8 x 26 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from the Collection of George Gund III 2015.498

title:				Squirrel on a Pine Branch
title in original language:	松鼠圖
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creation date:			1500s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1599
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creditline:			Gift from the Collection of George Gund III
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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

* Song Tian (Chinese, active 1300s)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 119.7 x 66.4 cm (47 1/8 x 26 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c)
	opening date:   2017-02-11T05:00:00
	<i>Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 13, 2017).

	title:		Layers of Meaning: China’s Flora and Fauna in Painting and on Porcelain
	opening date:   2020-11-06T05:00:00
	<i>Layers of Meaning: China’s Flora and Fauna in Painting and on Porcelain</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 2020-June 6, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Heisondo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to George Gund III)
	date: ?-1997
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	George Gund III [1937-2013] bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1997-2015
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2015-
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