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Exhibition Review
China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 62–65
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Reviewer:
Liu, Lihong (Liu, Lihong)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Paintings / Prints / Musical instruments / Furniture / Tapestries / Jades / Bronzes / Silks / Ceramics / Lacquerware / Carvings
museums and institutions:
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, United States
subjects:
Chinese art / Han Dynasty / Song / Yuan Dynasty / Qing / Ming
Reviewed Items
subjects:
China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta Cleveland Museum of Art 10th September 2023– 7th January 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail from Spring in Jiangnan, by Wen Zhengming. 1530. Handscroll, ink and colour on paper. (Shanghai Museum; exh. Cleveland Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
4. Raft cup, attributed to Zhu Bishan. China, Yuan or early Ming dynasty. Silver with chased decoration, length 16 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Lamp in the form of a bull. China, Eastern Han dynasty. Bronze with silver inlay, height 46 cm. (Nanjing Museum; exh. Cleveland Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Installation view of China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
Exhibition Review
Ming
01/2015 | 1342 | 157
Pages: 46-48
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Reviewer:
Pierson, Stacey (Pierson, Stacey)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Great Britain / British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Scotland / London / Edinburgh / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Ceramics / Chinese / Porcelain / Ming
Illustrations
Attributed works:
51. Idly fishing on an autumn river, by Shen Zhou (Nanjing Museum; exh. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Non-western art unattributed:
48. Meiping jar with cover and underglaze red floral decoration. Ming dynasty, Zhengtong period (Nanjing Museum; exh. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Non-western art unattributed:
49. Cloisonné enamel jar and cover with dragns. Beijing, Xuande mark and period (British Museum, London)
Non-western art unattributed:
50. Detail from Amusements in the Xuande emperor's palace, showing the emperor playing an arrow-throwing game. Anonymous, Xuande period (Palace Museum, Beijing; exh. British Museum, London)
Book Review
Screen of Kings: Royal art and power in Ming China, C. Clunas
07/2014 | 1336 | 156
Pages: 466
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Subjects
dates:
1350-1549 / 1550-1649
subjects:
Monographs / Ming / Art history / Cultural history / Chinese / Royalty
Book Review
Chinese Ceramics. From the Paleolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty
11/2011 | 1304 | 153
Pages: 746
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Editor:
Kerr, Rose (Kerr, Rose; K., R.)
Subjects
places:
China
print:
Ceramics
subjects:
Ceramics / Chinese / Excavations / Earthenware / Prehistoric / Sui / Tang / Five Dynasties / Song / Liao / Jin (Six Dynasties) / Ming / Qing
subjects:
Surveys
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Chinese Ceramics. From the Paleolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty | editor: Bower, Virginia L. , editor: Li Zhiyan
Article
The Art of Social Climbing in Sixteenth-Century China
06/1991 | 1059 | 133
Pages: 368-375
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Author:
Clunas, Craig (Clunas, Craig)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1599
places:
China
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese / Aesthetics / Social history
subjects:
Ming / Wanli / Furniture / Critical Reception
Illustrations
Attributed works:
37. Pillow, by the Zhang Family. c.1100-1200. Painted Stoneware, 15.2 by 43.2 by 17.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
38. Landscape with a Gentleman Visiting a Friend. Signed Li Zhaodao (Active c.670-730), Probably Painted in Suzhou c.1550-1600. Ink and Colours on Silk, 177.8 by 96.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
34. Table. c.1550-1650. Huali Wood, 82 by 195.5 by 55.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
35. Antique Tripod Vessel for Grain Food. c.1300-1050 B. C. Bronze, 19 cm. High; 15.9 cm. diam. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
36. Incense Burner. c.1550-1650. White Porcelain, Imitating Ding Ware of the Northern Song dynasty (960-1279), 11.1 cm. High, 13 cm. diam. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
39. Display Table. c.1600. Huali Wood, 89 by 177 by 41.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
40. Openwork Carved Panel between the Legs of Fig.39 Showing the 'Vulgar' Decoration of Writhing Dragons.
Non-western art unattributed:
41. Illustration from the Collection Chan zhen yi shi (Anecdotes of Zen and Dao). Showing a Scene in the Women's Part of the House. Hangzhou, c.1621-27. 11 by 16 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
The Chinese Scholar's Studio: Artistic Life in the Late Ming Period
06/1988 | 1023 | 130
Pages: 471
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Reviewer:
Kerr, Rose (Kerr, Rose; K., R.)
Subjects
dates:
1600-1649
places:
China
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese / Ming
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Chinese Scholar's Studio: Artistic Life in the Late Ming Period | author: Li Chu-tsing , author: Watt, James C. Y.
Book Review
The Distant Mountains, Chinese Painting of the Late Ming Dynasty, 1570-1644 [and: The Compelling Image: Nature and Style in seventeenth Century Painting]
01/1984 | 970 | 126
Pages: 48-49
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Reviewer:
Watson, William (Watson, William; W., W.)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1699
places:
China
subjects:
Chinese painting / Ming
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Distant Mountains, Chinese Painting of the Late Ming Dynasty, 1570-1644; The Compelling Image: Nature and Style in seventeenth Century Painting | author: Cahill, James , author: Cahill, James
Article
Kung Hsien: A Professional Chinese Artist and His Patronage
07/1981 | 940 | 123
Pages: 400+402-410
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Author:
Silbergeld, Jerome (Silbergeld, Jerome)
Subjects
artists:
Gong Xian, c.1620-1689
artists:
Yang Wencong, 1597-1646
artists:
Dong Qichang, 1555-1636
dates:
1600-1699
patrons:
Liang I-Chang, 1608-1685
places:
China
subjects:
Chinese painting
subjects:
Ming
subjects:
Yangzhou
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Gathered Peaks Like Ten-Thousand Ceremonial Tablets, by Kung Hsien. Dated 1655. Hanging scroll, Ink on Paper. (S. H. Hwa Collection, Taipei).
Attributed works:
14. Imitating Li Liu-fang's 'Uncultivated Willows Picture', by Kung Hsien. Hanging Scroll, Ink on Paper. (Private Collection, Japan).
Attributed works:
15. Landscape, by Kung Hsien. Hanging Scroll, Ink on Satin. (University Art Museum, Berkeley).
Attributed works:
16. Leaf from an Instructional Album, Published as Hsi T'ieh-sheng shu-mu shan-shui hua-fa, by Kung Hsien. Ink on Paper. (Collection Unknown). 17. Leaf from an Instructional Album, Published as Kung Pan-ch'ien shou-t'u hua-kao, by Kung Hsien. Ink on Paper. (Collection Unknown). 18. Inscribed Leaf from a Collective Album for Chou Liang-kung, by Kung Hsien. Dated 1669. Ink on Paper. (National Palace Museum, Taipei). 19. Postscript to an Album, by Kung Hsien. Dated 1688. Ink on Paper. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.)
Attributed works:
20. Landscape With Trees Painted for Wang Shih-chen, by Kung Hsien. Hanging Scroll, Ink on Satin. (Coll. Ching Yüan Chai, Berkeley).
Attributed works:
21. Postscript to an Album, Published as Kung Pan-ch'ien shan-shui ching-p'in, by Kung Hsien. Dated 1676. Ink on Paper. (Collection Unknown).
Attributed works:
22. Streams, Mountains and Sparse Trees, from a Collective Album for Chou Liang-kung, by Kung Hsien. Ink on Paper. (National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan).
Article
To See Big within Small: Hsiao-Chung-Chien-Ta
05/1972 | 830 | 114
Pages: 312+314-323
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Author:
Lee, Sherman E. (Lee, Sherman E.; Lee, Sherman)
Subjects
artists:
Tao Hong, act. 1633
artists:
Gong Xian, c.1620-1689
artists:
Qian Xuan , c.1235-c.1305
artists:
Zhao Zhong, act. 13-14th c.
artists:
Fanyin Tuoluo, act. mid-14th c.
artists:
Yue Zheng, 1418-1473
artists:
Lu Wenying, act. late 15th-early 16th c.
artists:
Luo Zhichuan
artists:
Shen Zhou, 1427-1509
artists:
Guo Xi, 1023 - ca.1085 CE
artists:
Ma Lin, b.c. 1185-d. after 1256
dates:
1200-1499 / 1500-1699
museums and institutions:
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, United States
places:
China / Zhejiang
subjects:
Yüan
subjects:
Ming / Song
subjects:
Zhe (Style) / Scrolls (Rolls)
subjects:
Chinese painting
subjects:
Flowers / Botanical drawings
subjects:
Buddhist / Iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
51. Ramblers over a Windy Stream, by Lo Chih-ch'uan. Yüan Dynasty. Album Leaf, Ink on Silk, 24.3 by 25 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art, John Huntington Collection, 15.536.)
Attributed works:
52. Detail of Fig.51. [Ramblers over a Windy Stream, by Lo Chih-ch'uan. Yüan Dynasty. Album Leaf, Ink on Silk, 24.3 by 25 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art, John Huntington Collection, 15.536.)]
Attributed works:
53. A Clear Day in Autumn Mountains and Streams, by Kuo Hsi. Northern Sung Period. (Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D. C.)
Attributed works:
55. Detail of Fig.57. [The Second Coming of the Fifth Patriarch, by Yin-t'o-lo. Indara, Active c. Mid-Fourteenth Century. Yüan Dynasty. Hanging Scroll, Ink on Paper, 32.7 by 44.6 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 67.211.)]
Attributed works:
57. The Second Coming of the Fifth Patriarch, by Yin-t'o-lo. Indara, Active c. Mid-Fourteenth Century. Yüan Dynasty. Hanging Scroll, Ink on Paper, 32.7 by 44.6 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 67.211.)
Attributed works:
58. Ink Flowers, by Chao Chung. Dated 1361. Yüan Dynasty. Handscroll, Ink on Paper, 31.75 by 153.2 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 67.36.)
Attributed works:
59. Doves and Pear Blossoms (Li-hua chiu-tzu), by Ch'ien Hsuan (c.1235-After 1300). Yüan Dynasty. Handscroll, Ink and Colour on Paper, 30.5 by 98 cm. (Cincinnati Art Museum.)
Attributed works:
60. Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, by Ma Lin. Probably Dated 1256. Southern Sung Dynasty. Album Leaf, Ink and Slight Colour on Silk, 25 by 26.6 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 61.421.)
Attributed works:
61. River Village in a Rainstorm, by Lü Wen-ying. c.1490, Ming Dynasty. Hanging Scroll, Ink and Slight Colour on Silk, 169.2 by 103.5 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 70.76.)
Attributed works:
62. Detail of Fig.61. [River Village in a Rainstorm, by Lü Wen-ying. c.1490, Ming Dynasty. Hanging Scroll, Ink and Slight Colour on Silk, 169.2 by 103.5 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 70.76.)]
Attributed works:
63. Landscape, by Hsia Kuei. Southern Sung Dynasty. Ink on Silk, 22.5 by 25.4 cm. (National Museum, Tokyo.)
Attributed works:
64. Acacia Tree and Chrysanthemums in the Style of Wang Yüan, by Shên Chou (1427-1509). Dated 1468. Ming Dynasty. Hanging Scroll, Ink and Colour on Paper, 288 by 106 cm. (Collection Mrs A. Dean Perry, Cleveland.)
Attributed works:
65. Squirrels and Grapes, by Yüeh Cheng (1418-1473). Ming Dynasty. Hanging Scroll, Ink and Colour on Paper, 122.2 by 41.6 cm. (William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City.)
Attributed works:
66. Landscape in the Style of Tung Yuan and Chü-jan, by Kung Hsien (c.1620-1689). Ch'ing Dynasty. Hanging Scroll, Ink with White on Silk, 216.4 by 37.5 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 69.123.)
Attributed works:
67. Marshy Landscape, by Kung Hsien (c.1620-1689). Ch'ing Dynasty. Album Leaf, Ink on Paper, 31.75 by 45.7 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 70.19.)
Attributed works:
68. Clouds Visiting a Mountain Retreat, by T'ao Hung. Dated 1633. Late Ming Dynasty. Hanging Scroll, Ink on Paper, 176.5 by 101 cm. (ClevelandMuseum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 71.19.)
Attributed works:
69. Detail of Fig.68. [Clouds Visiting a Mountain Retreat, by T'ao Hung. Dated 1633. Late Ming Dynasty. Hanging Scroll, Ink on Paper, 176.5 by 101 cm. (ClevelandMuseum of Art)]
Non-western art unattributed:
54. Detail of Fig.56. [Shakyamuni Coming Down from the Mountains. Southern Sung Period. Inscription Dated 1244. Hanging Scroll, Ink and Slight Colour on Paper, 74.6 by 32.5 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 70.2.)]
Non-western art unattributed:
56. Shakyamuni Coming Down from the Mountains. Southern Sung Period. Inscription Dated 1244. Hanging Scroll, Ink and Slight Colour on Paper, 74.6 by 32.5 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 70.2.)
Short Notice
Recent Museum Acquisitions: The Literati Tradition in Chinese Painting [Cleveland Museum of Art]
05/1966 | 758 | 108
Pages: 254+257-260
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Author:
Lee, Sherman E. (Lee, Sherman E.; Lee, Sherman)
Subjects
artists:
Shen Zhou, 1427-1509
artists:
Qiu Ying, ca. 1494-ca. 1552
artists:
Wen Zhengming, 1470-1559
dates:
1450-1499
dates:
1960-1969
museums and institutions:
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, United States
places:
China / United States
places:
Cleveland
subjects:
Chinese painting / Ming / Patronage
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
57. Old Pine, by Wên Chêng-Ming. Chinese, Ming Dynasty. Handscroll, Ink on Paper, (The Cleveland Museum of Art; Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund.)
Non-western art unattributed:
60. Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suchou: A Terrace, by Shên Chou. Chinese, Ming Dynasty. Ink on Paper, 31.1 by 40 cm. (The Cleveland Museum of Art; Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Bequest.)
Non-western art unattributed:
61. Chao Mêng-fu Writing the 'Heart' Sutra in Exchange for Tea, by Ch'iu Ying. Chinese, Ming Dynasty. Handscroll, Ink and Colour on Paper, 21.6 by 77.5 cm. (The Cleveland Museum of Art; John L. Severance Fund.)
Non-western art unattributed:
62. Twelve Views of Tiger Hill; Suchou, View to the Rice Paddies, by Shên Chou. Chinese, Ming Dynasty. Ink on Paper, 31.1 by 40 cm. (The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Bequest).
Non-western art unattributed:
63. Detail from the Handscroll Reproduced in Fig. 61. [Chao Mêng-fu Writing the 'Heart' Sutra in Exchange for Tea, by Ch'iu Ying. Chinese, Ming Dynasty. Handscroll, Ink and Colour on Paper, 21.6 by 77.5 cm. (The Cleveland Museum of Art; John L. Severance Fund.)]
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