A Pair of Peafowl
late 1400s-early 1500s
Lin Liang
Lin Liang (Chinese, 1416–1480)
Chinese Art
A Pair of Peafowl, late 1400s-early 1500s. Lin Liang (Chinese, 1416–1480). Hanging scroll, ink on silk; painting: 160 x 106 cm (63 x 41 3/4 in.); overall with knobs: 256.5 x 133.3 cm (101 x 52 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.242
- Maker/Artist
- Lin Liang
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll, ink on silk
- Dimensions
- Painting: 160 x 106 cm (63 x 41 3/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 256.5 x 133.3 cm (101 x 52 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 林良. [印] 以善圖書 Translation: Artist's signature and seal: Lin Liang. [seal] Yi shan tu shu
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1964.242
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
- Exhibitions
- 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei, Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, Flora and Fauna (Chinese art rotation), <em>Jiao yu bu di er ci quan guo mei shu zhan lan hui zhuan ji </em>[敎育部第二次全國美術展覽會專集 = A special collection of the second National Exhibition of Chinese Art under the auspices of the Ministry of Education]. Shanghai or Nanjing?, China (April 1-23, 1937)., <em>The Colors of Ink.</em> Asia House Gallery, New York, NY (January 10-March 3,1974)., <em>Imperial Paintings of the Ming Dynasty: The Zhe School</em>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (February 14-April 11, 1993)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 242)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 28, 2014-January 7, 2015).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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