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Tiger

虎圖

c. 1250–1279

Part of a set. See all set records

Fachang Muqi 法常 牧谿

(Chinese, 1220–1280)

China, Southern Song dynasty

(1127-1279)

Hanging scroll, ink and slight color on silk

Overall: 123.8 x 55.9 cm (48 3/4 x 22 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1958.427.2

Location

not on view

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)

Fachang Muqi

active mid-13th century
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
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)

Chinese Art: an exhibition of paintings, jades, bronzes and ceramics. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts (1962).

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

The Colors of Ink. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 9-May 12, 1974).

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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