COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1960.40
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CMA_.1960.40
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2003
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2003
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Paintings
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Paintings
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Tao Cheng
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Tao Cheng
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
Chinese
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Chinese
Creator Nationality
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Creator Role:
artist
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artist
Creator Role
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Gender:
M
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M
Gender
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Creator Name-CRT:
Tao Cheng
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Tao Cheng
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Chrysanthemums and Cabbages
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Chrysanthemums and Cabbages
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Detail
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Detail
View
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Creation Date:
1490
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1490
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1490
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1490
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1490
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1490
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
handscroll, ink and slight color on paper
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handscroll, ink and slight color on paper
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Classification Term:
Painting
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Painting
Classification Term
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Style or Period:
China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
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China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Style or Period
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Dimensions:
Overall: 253.7cm x 28.6cm
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Overall: 253.7cm x 28.6cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
1960.40
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1960.40
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Anonymous Gift
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Anonymous Gift
Credit Line
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Inscriptions:
Artist's seal at beginning of painting: Yun-hu.16 inscriptions and 52 additional seals: 1 poem and 1 seal of Chang Y¿an-chen (1437-1507); 2 poems and 6 seals of Ni Y¿eh (1444-1501); 2 poems and 4 seals of Chao Hsiang (n. d.); 2 poems and 2 seals of Wu Hsi-hsien (1437-1489); 2 poems and 2 seals of L¿ Ch'ang (1449-1511); 2 poems and 6 seals of Fu Han (1435-1502); 2 poems and 2 seals of Feng Ch¿eh (n. d.); 1 poem and 1 seal of Ts'ai Ch'i (n. d.); 1 poem and 3 seals of Chiao Fang (act. 1464-1517); 1 poem and 3 seals of Li Tung-yang (1447-1516); 2 seals of Wang Wen-chih (1730-1802); 3 seals of Ku Y¿n (n. d.).Poems after Chrysanthemums:Several bushes of chrysanthemums grow in front of the Five-Willow Cottage,The yellow ones are really yellow and the white ones white.This affable and decent fellow, young in years and unsophisticated,Has snapped one of the branches to dip in ink.Chang Y¿an-chen[The Five-Willows Cottage was the home of the poet T'ao Ch'ien (Tao Y¿an-ming, 365-427).]Where at the Eastern Fence can you grieve for the Soul of the Hsiang River?A man of upright character is mourned within the traces of ink.White jade with a slight flaw would be a grievance forever,Later men should understand why even the roots of the flowers are washed.Ni Y¿eh[Eastern Fence refers again to the poet T'ao Ch'ien, while the Soul of the Hsiang River refers to the poet Ch'u Y¿an, (4th-3rd c. BC).]A clump of chrysanthemum grows in front of the bamboo pavilion,The winds of many autumns have blown since we parted beyond the river.Straining wine through the official's cap of T'ao [Ch'ien] to prolong autumn's pleasures,The mists and clouds of ten thousand miles belong to the intoxicated.Chao HsiangIt is a different spring if mulberry is planted during the latter part of the year,The dust of the world originally did not drop on clothing.Who spills out ink under the Eastern FenceAnd paints so freely this portrait of chrysanthemums for the venerable Sir T'ao?Wu Hsi-hsienThis full tray of ink f
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Artist's seal at beginning of painting: Yun-hu.16 inscriptions and 52 additional seals: 1 poem and 1 seal of Chang Y¿an-chen (1437-1507); 2 poems and 6 seals of Ni Y¿eh (1444-1501); 2 poems and 4 seals of Chao Hsiang (n. d.); 2 poems and 2 seals of Wu Hsi-hsien (1437-1489); 2 poems and 2 seals of L¿ Ch'ang (1449-1511); 2 poems and 6 seals of Fu Han (1435-1502); 2 poems and 2 seals of Feng Ch¿eh (n. d.); 1 poem and 1 seal of Ts'ai Ch'i (n. d.); 1 poem and 3 seals of Chiao Fang (act. 1464-1517); 1 poem and 3 seals of Li Tung-yang (1447-1516); 2 seals of Wang Wen-chih (1730-1802); 3 seals of Ku Y¿n (n. d.).Poems after Chrysanthemums:Several bushes of chrysanthemums grow in front of the Five-Willow Cottage,The yellow ones are really yellow and the white ones white.This affable and decent fellow, young in years and unsophisticated,Has snapped one of the branches to dip in ink.Chang Y¿an-chen[The Five-Willows Cottage was the home of the poet T'ao Ch'ien (Tao Y¿an-ming, 365-427).]Where at the Eastern Fence can you grieve for the Soul of the Hsiang River?A man of upright character is mourned within the traces of ink.White jade with a slight flaw would be a grievance forever,Later men should understand why even the roots of the flowers are washed.Ni Y¿eh[Eastern Fence refers again to the poet T'ao Ch'ien, while the Soul of the Hsiang River refers to the poet Ch'u Y¿an, (4th-3rd c. BC).]A clump of chrysanthemum grows in front of the bamboo pavilion,The winds of many autumns have blown since we parted beyond the river.Straining wine through the official's cap of T'ao [Ch'ien] to prolong autumn's pleasures,The mists and clouds of ten thousand miles belong to the intoxicated.Chao HsiangIt is a different spring if mulberry is planted during the latter part of the year,The dust of the world originally did not drop on clothing.Who spills out ink under the Eastern FenceAnd paints so freely this portrait of chrysanthemums for the venerable Sir T'ao?Wu Hsi-hsienThis full tray of ink f
Inscriptions
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Rights:
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Rights
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Provenance:
Chang Heng; Hsü Pang-ta; Walter Hochstadter; Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin; Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Burton
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Chang Heng; Hsü Pang-ta; Walter Hochstadter; Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin; Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Burton
Provenance
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Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1960.40det01.tif
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CMA_.1960.40det01.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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