Birds on an Autumn Inlet
c. 1200
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Birds on an Autumn Inlet, c. 1200. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album leaf; ink and color on silk; overall: 22.4 x 24 cm (8 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.369 The pair of ducks displays plumage dimorphism with the male more ornamented or brightly colored than the female.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Album leaf; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 22.4 x 24 cm (8 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1985.369
- Credit Line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Exhibitions
- A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection, <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</em>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 2003-March 11, 2004).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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