Bamboo and Insects

The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry

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Bamboo and Insects

late 1100s

ArtistWu Bing (Chinese, active 1190–1194)

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Medium: Album leaf; fan painting, ink on silk
Dimensions: Image: 24.8 x 26.8 cm (9 3/4 x 10 9/16 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: ASIAN - Album leaf
Origin: China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry

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Provenance

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Provenance event

(C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. A. Dean Perry)

?–1964

Mr. A. [Albert] Dean Perry [1910?–1987] and Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry [1911–1996], Clev...

1964–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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(C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. A. Dean Perry) Mr. A. [Albert] Dean Perry [1910?–1987] and Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry [1911–1996], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

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Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting

China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta

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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). China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024). Album leaves from the Sung and Yuan dynasties. China House Gallery, New York, NY (March 26-May 30, 1970).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Wu Bing, a native of Piling, gained Empress Li’s favor and served as a painter-in-attendance at the court in Hangzhou during the Shaoxi reign (1190–94). The round fan painting shows a dragonfly hovering over a stalk of bamboo, a bush cricket (<em>luowei</em>) perching on a leaf, and a flying wasp. <br><br> Yellow leaf tips suggest the late summer or early autumn season. The chirping of the cricket sounds similar to the sound of a working loom; the insect is therefore also called <em>weaving lady</em> (<em>fangzhi niang</em>). The weaving season starts when the weather is about to turn cold—the cricket symbolizes early autumn.

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 3 structured provenance events · 2 structured exhibitions.

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