Squirrel on a Pine Branch
1500s
Song Tian
Song Tian (Chinese, active 1300s)
Chinese Art
Squirrel on a Pine Branch, 1500s. Song Tian (Chinese, active 1300s). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; overall: 119.7 x 66.4 cm (47 1/8 x 26 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from the Collection of George Gund III 2015.498 Although the evergreen pine does not indicate a time of year, the lively activity of the squirrel and the insect suggest a warm season.
- Maker/Artist
- Song Tian
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 119.7 x 66.4 cm (47 1/8 x 26 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 2015.498
- Credit Line
- Gift from the Collection of George Gund III
- Exhibitions
- Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c), Flora and Fauna (Chinese art rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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