COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1977.5
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CMA_.1977.5
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2003
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2003
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Paintings
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Paintings
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Liang Kai
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Liang Kai
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
Chinese
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Chinese
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Role:
artist
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artist
Creator Role
false
Gender:
M
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M
Gender
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Liang Kai
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Liang Kai
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Sericulture (The Process of Making Silk)
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Sericulture (The Process of Making Silk)
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
false
View:
Detail
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Detail
View
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Creation Date:
early 13th Century
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early 13th Century
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1200
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1200
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1225
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1225
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
handscroll, ink and color on silk
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handscroll, ink and color on silk
Materials and Techniques
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Classification Term:
Painting
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Painting
Classification Term
false
Style or Period:
China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
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China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Style or Period
false
Dimensions:
Third Section: 27.3cm x 93.5cm, Second Section: 27.5cm x 92.2cm, First Section: 26.5cm x 92.2cm
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Third Section: 27.3cm x 93.5cm, Second Section: 27.5cm x 92.2cm, First Section: 26.5cm x 92.2cm
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1977.5
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1977.5
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
John L. Severance Collection
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John L. Severance Collection
Credit Line
false
Inscriptions:
3 colophons and 7 seals of Ch'eng Ch'i (20th c.).
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3 colophons and 7 seals of Ch'eng Ch'i (20th c.).
Inscriptions
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Viewed from right to left, this handscroll illustrates stages in the production of silk, from the raising of silkworms to the weaving of silk cloth. The artist, Liang Kai, was painter-in-attendance from about 1201 to 1204 at the Painting Academy of Hangzhou.Section 1 (right): Women prepare silkworm eggs, placing them on trays that are stored vertically on a frame.Section 2 (center): In the house at the right, the silkworms are placed on trays together with mulberry leaves upon which they feed. The trays are then placed one above the other on a frame. In the top center section, spinning frames for the silkworms are being prepared. While one man ties bundles of twigs, others arrange the bundles on mats supported on frames. Eventually, the worms will be placed among the twigs to spin cocoons. At the left, cocoons are being placed in baskets. In the lower center section is a large jar fitted with a reed lid. It may have been used for damping cocoons-sealing cocoons in a jar with salt in order to kill the worms before they eat their way out of the cocoons.Section 3 (left): Four scenes are represented. Starting on the right, cocoons are being weighed while a child and three adults working at a table sort cocoons and place them in baskets. In the next scene, some cocoons have been placed in water heated by a fire to loosen the ends of the filaments. The man seated on a bench in front of a silk-reeling machine picks up several filaments to form a thread that is being wound on the reel. The third scene shows the process of spooling. Skeins of silk formed on the reel of the silk-reeling machine are stretched onto a wooden frame and then rewound onto small reels. The final scene, on the left, shows silk being woven.
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Viewed from right to left, this handscroll illustrates stages in the production of silk, from the raising of silkworms to the weaving of silk cloth. The artist, Liang Kai, was painter-in-attendance from about 1201 to 1204 at the Painting Academy of Hangzhou.Section 1 (right): Women prepare silkworm eggs, placing them on trays that are stored vertically on a frame.Section 2 (center): In the house at the right, the silkworms are placed on trays together with mulberry leaves upon which they feed. The trays are then placed one above the other on a frame. In the top center section, spinning frames for the silkworms are being prepared. While one man ties bundles of twigs, others arrange the bundles on mats supported on frames. Eventually, the worms will be placed among the twigs to spin cocoons. At the left, cocoons are being placed in baskets. In the lower center section is a large jar fitted with a reed lid. It may have been used for damping cocoons-sealing cocoons in a jar with salt in order to kill the worms before they eat their way out of the cocoons.Section 3 (left): Four scenes are represented. Starting on the right, cocoons are being weighed while a child and three adults working at a table sort cocoons and place them in baskets. In the next scene, some cocoons have been placed in water heated by a fire to loosen the ends of the filaments. The man seated on a bench in front of a silk-reeling machine picks up several filaments to form a thread that is being wound on the reel. The third scene shows the process of spooling. Skeins of silk formed on the reel of the silk-reeling machine are stretched onto a wooden frame and then rewound onto small reels. The final scene, on the left, shows silk being woven.
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1977.5det01.tif
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CMA_.1977.5det01.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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