Collection Online as of September 27, 2023

Paintings after Ancient Masters: Mr. Five Willows (Wuliu), Tao Yuanming

1598–1652

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Chen Hongshou 陳洪綬

(Chinese, 1598/99–1652)

China, Ming dynasty

(1368–1644)

Album leaf, ink and color on silk

Overall: 30.2 x 26.7 cm (11 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1979.27.2.12

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Mr. Five Willows Chung-ch'ing entrusted Hung-shou to paint [this]. [Seal] Chang-hou

Provenance

Weng Tonghe 翁同龢 [1830-1904], by descent to Wango H. C. Weng

?-1979

Wango H. C. Weng 翁萬戈 [1918-2020], Lyme, NH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1979-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Exhibition history

CMA, February 11 - March 29, 1981: "Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting," cat. no. 207 pp. 268-272, repr. p. 270, figure 207L

Also to: Kansas City, MO, The Nelson-Atkins Museum, 11/5/80 - 1/4/81

And to: Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo National Museum, 10/4/82 - 11/17/82 as "Chinese Painting from the Two Distinguished American Museums"

Approved: Trustees' Minutes 12/18/80

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); The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (December 3, 1982-February 28, 1983).