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Leisure Enough to Spare

有餘閒

1360

Yao Tingmei 姚廷美

(Chinese, active mid-1300s)

China, Yuan dynasty

(1271-1368)

Handscroll, ink on paper

Image: 23.1 x 84 cm (9 1/8 x 33 1/16 in.); Overall: 23.8 x 734 cm (9 3/8 x 289 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1954.791

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Description

Seclusion and leisure—the ideals of the literati, or scholar-gentlemen—are expressed in this mature work by Yao Tingmei. The theme acquired special meaning at a time of the military uprisings near the end of the Yuan dynasty. Dedicated to an ascetic named Du, this work combines painting, calligraphy, and poetry; following the painting are more than 20 poems and essays written by notable scholars, one of whom was the calligrapher Yang Weizhen. It reveals not only the aesthetic taste of the literati but also the practice of contributing artistic and literary works to fulfill social obligations. Yao's painting demonstrates his individual style derived from various ancient masters (Guo Xi, Dong Yuan, and Juran). Yang Weizhen's calligraphy exhibits his bold, vigorous style and his intent to capture the spirit of antiquity in art.

Inscriptions

Inscription

至正廿年春正月_日作此併系鄙語于尾地偏人遠閉柴關，滿院松陰白晝閒。眼底風塵渾忘却，坐看流水臥看山。吳興姚廷美畫

Inscription Translation

Artist's inscription, poem, and signature: In the first month of spring in the twentieth year of the reign of Zhizheng [1360], I painted this and attached a few rustic words at the end of the scroll. A secluded place, one may close the thatch door./ In a courtyard fully shaded by pines, a moment of daytime leisure awaits./ Sights of wind and dust can be utterly forgotten./ One sits to view the cascades, or lies down [better] to see the hills. Painted by Yao Tingmei of Wuxing

Inscription

23 colophons and 53 seals (dates unavailable for some): 1 colophon, dated 1360, and 2 seals of Yang Weizhen (1296-1370); 1 colophon and 3 seals of Wan Yi; 1 colophon of Zhang Junde; 1 colophon and 3 seals of Angji (act. ca. mid-14th c.); 1 colophon and 1 seal of Xu Shiquan; 1 colophon and 3 seals of Gao Yu; 1 colophon and 2 seals of Li Mingfu; 1 colophon and 2 seals of Lu Lin; 1 colophon and 1 seal of Zhang Qian; 1 colophon of Tao Tangwen; 1 colophon and 1 seal of Wu Yuangui (act. ca. 1300-60); 1 colophon of Bao Jiong; 1 colophon of Wang Zao; 1 colophon and 1 seal of Ma Chuyi; 1 colophon and 1 seal of Lin Yizhuang; 1 colophon and 1 seal of Gu Shunju; 1 colophon and 2 seals of Wang Jing; 1 colophon and 2 seals of Lin Shouchang; 1 colophon and 1 seal of Gao Zhidao; 1 colophon of Lin Xun; 1 colophon, dated 1359, and 2 seals of Meng Weicheng (act. mid-14th c.); 1 colophon and 1 seal of Meng Zhiji (act. mid-l4th c.); 14 seals of Liang Qingbiao 梁清標 (1620-1691); 1 poem dated 1755 and 5 seals of the Qianlong 乾隆 emperor (r. 1736-95); 2 seals of the Jiaqing 嘉慶 emperor (r. 1796-1821); 3 seals of the Xuantong 宣統 emperor (r. 1909-11).

Inscription

Title on frontispiece by Zhang Bi 章弼: Signed Gongchen 拱辰

Provenance

Liang Qingbiao 梁清標 [1620–1691]

1736?-c. 1911

Qing imperial collection (seals of Emperors Qianlong, r. 1736–1795, Jiaqing, r. 1796–1820, and Xuantong, r. 1909–1911)

Zhang Heng 張珩 [1915–1963]

?-1954

(Frank Caro [1904-1980], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1954-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Ferguson, John C 福開森. Li dai zhu lu hua mu 歷代著錄畵目. Nanjing: Chin-ling University, Zhong guo wen hua yan jiu suo 金陵大學中國文化硏究所, 1934. II, 187

Zheng, Zhenduo 鄭振鐸. Tang Song yi lai ming hua ji: Yun hui zhai cang 唐宋以来名畫集: 韞輝齋藏. Shanghai: Shanghai chu ban gong si, 1947. Reproduced: pls. 40–47

Chen, Rentao 陳仁濤 [J.D. Chen] and Xu Rong 徐鎔. Jin gui lun gu chu ji [金匱論古初集 = Essays on Chinese antiquities - The first album of King-Kwei's collection with explanations]. Hong Kong: Chen Rentao, 1952. p. 64

Lee, Sherman E. Chinese Landscape Painting. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1954. Reproduced: cat. no. 34, p. 59; Mentioned: p. 147 archive.org

Sirén, Osvald. Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. New York: Ronald Press, 1956. Mentioned; VII, Lists, 144

Chen, Rentao 陳仁濤 [J.D. Chen]. Gu gong yi yi shu hua mu jiao zhu 故宮已佚書畫目校注. Hong Kong: Dongnan shu ju, 1956. p. 15b

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 855 archive.org

Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964. Reproduced: p. 414, fig. 548

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 261 archive.org

Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art; [distributed by the Press of Case Western Reserve University], 1968. cat. no. 260

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 262 archive.org

Suzuki, Kei 鈴木敬. Chūgoku bijutsu [中國美術 = Chinese art in Western collections]. Tōkyō: Kōdansha, 1972. Reproduced: vol. I, pt. 1, 229, color pl. 24

Lee, Sherman Emery, and James Robinson. The Colors of Ink: Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1974. cat. no. 17

Barnhart, Richard. “Yao Yen-Ch'ing, T'ing-Mei, of Wu-Hsing.” Artibus Asiae, vol. 39, no. 2, 1977, pp. 105–123. Reproduced: pp. 107, 108, figs. 2, 9 www.jstor.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 347 archive.org

Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980. Reproduced: cat. no. 112, pp. 137–138

Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. The Nature and Significance of the Collection of Liang Ch'ing-Piao. Taipei, Taiwan: Chung-hua ming-kuo, 1981. Mentioned: p. 138, no. 193

Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華 : 特别展 : クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから = Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998. Reproduced: p. 53, cat. no. 30

Sugimura, Tō 杉村棟. Isurāmu イスラーム. Tōkyō: Shōgakukan, 1999. Reproduced: p. 150, no. 60

Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012. Reproduced: pp. 124–125

Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015. Mentioned and Reproduced p. 142–146

Exhibition history

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 122). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 4, 2003-July 23, 2003).

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 242). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 21, 2013-July 28, 2014).

Chinese Landscape Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5-December 26, 1954).

Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

The Scholar in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 19-28, 1968).

Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2-November 24, 1968).

The Colors of Ink. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974).

Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).

Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).

Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009).

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