Children at Play

The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Charles L. Freer

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Children at Play

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ArtistXia Kui (Chinese, active c. 1405–1445)

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Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Painting: 62.5 x 113.7 cm (24 5/8 x 44 3/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 214 x 137 cm (84 1/4 x 53 15/16 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Origin: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: Gift of Charles L. Freer

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Provenance

Public

?–1915

Charles L. Freer [1854–1919], Detroit, MI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1915–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Charles L. Freer [1854–1919], Detroit, MI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

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Stories from Storage

A Study Exhibition of Chinese Textiles of the Ming and Ch'ing Periods

Source exhibition text

A Study Exhibition of Chinese Textiles of the Ming and Ch'ing Periods. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 1947-October 9, 1948). Stories from Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Sixteen children engage in scholarly, religious, and military activities, representing the popular “one hundred boys” theme expressing the wish for abundant, successful male offspring. Such paintings conveying auspicious wishes were often displayed during the New Year festival season. <br><br>Two older boys wear small crowns with red tassels. Another child with a mask holds a brush in one hand, a rice measure in the other. He stands on a low table imitating Kuixing, the God of Examinations and servant to the God of Literature.

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