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佛道主題畫冊

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Search the Mountain: Leaf 46

1200s

Part of a set. See all set records

China, Southern Song dynasty

(1127-1279)

Album, ink on paper

Sheet: 34.1 x 38.4 cm (13 7/16 x 15 1/8 in.)

John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange) 2004.1.46

Location

not on view

Description

Part of the series “Clearing the Mountains” (soushan tu), this leaf depicts a soldier who uses his spear to probe a hollow in which two young wolves are hiding. To the right of the pine trees at the center are three soldiers, two of whom are searching for their targets, and one carrying an enormous log.

Provenance
Wang Hui 王翬 [1632–1717]
Li Jiale 李嘉樂 [jinshi of 1863]
Zhu Hang 朱沆 [active 19th century]
1910-
Dr. F. R. (Fredrik Robert) Martin [1868–1933], Stockholm, Sweden, and Munich, Germany
?-1947
Mrs. L. M. Morris [20th century], England
1947
(Sotheby's, London, sale, 25 March 1947, lot 118, sold to Stephen Junkunc III)
1947-78
István “Stephen" Junkunc III [1904-1978], by descent to his son Stephen Junkunc IV
1978-2004
(Stephen Junkunc IV [b. 1937], Miami, FL, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
2004-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Wu, Tao-tzu, and F. R. Martin. Zeichnungen nach Wu tao-tze aus der götter- und sagenwelt Chinas. München: F. Bruckmann a.g, 1913.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ju-hsi Chou, and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 2015. 174-195
Exhibition history

Taming Tigers and Releasing Dragons: Masterpieces of Chinese Buddhist Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 8-August 11, 2019).

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