Quails and Sparrows in an Autumn Scene
1347
Wang Yuan
Wang Yuan (Chinese, c. 1299-after 1366)
Chinese Art
Quails and Sparrows in an Autumn Scene, 1347. Wang Yuan (Chinese, c. 1299-after 1366). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; painting: 114.3 x 56 cm (45 x 22 1/16 in.); overall with knobs: 267.5 x 85 cm (105 5/16 x 33 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1997.91
- Maker/Artist
- Wang Yuan
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: 114.3 x 56 cm (45 x 22 1/16 in.); Overall with knobs: 267.5 x 85 cm (105 5/16 x 33 7/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 至正丁亥春 錢塘王淵若水寫秋景鶉雀圖 [印] 澹轩; [印] 若水; [印] 墨妙筆精 Translation: Artist's inscription, signature, and 3 seals: In the year of Zhizheng, spring of dinghai [1347], Wang Yuan, Ruoshui of Qiantang, drew this picture of Quails and Sparrows in an Autumn Scene. [seals] Danxuan; Ruoshuii; Mo miao bi jing. Inscription: 翦翦輕風搖翠葆，團團清露滴金叢。 劍南畫手今何在，冷落賓榔枸杞新。 鐵篴 [印] 杨维桢印; [印] 廉夫 Translation: 1 poem and 2 seals of Yang Weizhen (1296-1370): How lovely is the light breeze that stirs the verdant foliage./ Like pearls the fresh dew drips over the golden groves./ Where is the painter now, who hailed from Jian’nan?/ Like the leftover betel nut, it is being replaced with fresh goji berry. Tiedi. [Seals] Yang Weizhen yin; Lianfu Inscription: 1 inscription and 10 seals of the Qianlong emperor (r. 1736-95) Inscription: 4 seals of Zhang Heng 張珩 (1915-1963)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1997.91
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Exhibitions
- 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei, <em>Chiao-yü-pu</em>. [Jiao yu bu di er ci quan guo mei shu zhan lan hui zhuan ji 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]. Nanking Art Gallery, Nanjing, China (April 1-23, 1937)., <em>An exhibition of authenticated Chinese paintings.</em>C. T Loo & Co., New York, NY (April 1948)., <em>Masterpieces of Chinese Bird and Flower Painting</em>. Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA (October 30-December 14, 1951)., <em>Loan exhibition of Chinese paintings</em>. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (May-June 1956)., <em>Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 24, 1968)., <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 242)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 28, 2014-January 7, 2015).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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