The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund

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A Hundred Sparrows in a Lofty Grove

1368–1644

ArtistLin Liang (Chinese, 1416–1480)

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Medium: handscroll; ink on silk
Dimensions: Overall: 28.6 x 498.2 cm (11 1/4 x 196 1/8 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: ASIAN - Handscroll
Origin: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: John L. Severance Fund

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Provenance

Public

?–1981

(Luk Kwing Karp, Kowloon, Hong Kong, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1981–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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(Luk Kwing Karp, Kowloon, Hong Kong, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

Public

The Year in Review for 1981

Layers of Meaning: China’s Flora and Fauna in Painting and on Porcelain

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The Year in Review for 1981. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982). Layers of Meaning: China’s Flora and Fauna in Painting and on Porcelain. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 2020-June 6, 2021).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Sparrows engaged in all kinds of activities frolic amid leafy branches, blades of grass, rocks, and a waterfall. As our eyes move over the scroll, the artist engages us in enjoying the sparrows’ carefree movements in a natural setting. <br><br>The charming birds were painted from close observation in swift and fluent brushstrokes. Sparrows are a common bird and in Chinese painting they often represent the commoner in human society as opposed to the noble pheasant or peacock representative of the ruling class.

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 2 structured provenance events · 2 structured exhibitions.

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