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Tiger

虎圖

c. 1250–1279

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Fachang Muqi 法常牧谿

(Chinese, 1220–1280)

China, Southern Song dynasty

(1127-1279)

Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on silk

Painting: 125.2 x 57.2 cm (49 5/16 x 22 1/2 in.); Overall with knobs: 227.1 x 78 cm (89 7/16 x 30 11/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1958.427.2

Location

240A Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy

Description

The dragon and tiger are tied to the philosophical concept of yin and yang, which describes opposite but complementary forces. The dragon occupies a tiered background of waves and mist. Its luminous head emerges from the darker passages, and its narrow twisting body is serpent-like. By contrast, the close-up view of the tiger emphasizes its bulk. The tiger bends its head to lick its paw while its tail curls in the foreground.

In their original Chan Buddhist context, this pair of scrolls likely flanked a central image, like the Bodhisattva Guanyin. The silk has darkened over the centuries, and the slight reddish shading in the tiger’s tongue and nose has faded.

Artist biography

Fachang Muqi

active mid-13th century

Inscriptions

Inscription

道有

Inscription Translation

Dōyū

Inscription Remark

Seal of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu 足利義滿 (1358–1408)

Inscription

雜華室印

Inscription Translation

Zakka shitsu yin

Inscription Remark

Seal of either Ashikaga Yoshinori 足利義教 (1394–1441) or Ashikawa Yoshimasa 足利義政 (1436–1490)

Provenance

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu 足利義滿 [1358–1408]

Ashikaga Yoshinori 足利義教 [1394–1441] or Ashikawa Yoshimasa 足利義政 [1436–1490] (Zakka shitsu yin 雜華室印)

Tokugawa Iemitsu 德川家光 [1604–1651]

Viscount Sakai 子爵酒井氏 [late 1800s–early 1900s]

?-1958

(Howard Hollis and Company, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1958-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” June 5, 1959, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org

Goepper, Roger. 1000 Jahre chinesische Malerei. München: Haus der Kunst, 1959. Reproduced: cat. no. 24b

Chinese Art: An Exhibition of Paintings, Jades, Bronzes and Ceramics: Being a Contribution Made by Smith College Museum of Art to the College Interim Session, 1962. Northampton, Massachusetts: The Smith College Museum of Art, 1962. Reproduced: cat. no. 3b, pl. V

Lee, Sherman E. Japanese Decorative Style. Tokyo: Makoto Nakao, 1962. Reproduced: pp. 6, 7

Cahill, James. The Art of Southern Sung China. New York: Asia House, 1962. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 27, pp. 62 and fold-out

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 260 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 260 archive.org

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. 4

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 343 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. 63, p. 82

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. Reproduced: pp. 90-93

Exhibition history

Chinese Paintings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 19-August 7, 1960).

Japanese Decorative Style. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 30-October 15, 1961)

Southern Sung. Asia House Gallery, New York, NY, (1967?). Cahill, cat. no. 28.

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 12-July 16, 2003).

1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Mùnich, Germany (organizer) (October 16-December 13, 1959).

Chinese Art. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA (organizer) (January 8-26, 1962).

The Art of Southern Sung China. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 15-April 15, 1962).

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).

Roaring Tigers and Leaping Carp: Decoding the Symbolic Language of Chinese Animal Painting. The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (organizer) (October 9, 2009-January 3, 2010).

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