Leaping Carp

The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund

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Leaping Carp

1368–1644

ArtistLiu Jie (Chinese, c. 1447–1520s)

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Medium: hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 140.5 x 83.7 cm (55 5/16 x 32 15/16 in.); Overall: 226 x 101.2 cm (89 x 39 13/16 in.); with knobs: 226 x 109.5 cm (89 x 43 1/8 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Origin: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: John L. Severance Fund

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Provenance

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?-1977

(Kozo Yabumoto, 藪本公三 [1900s], Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum o...

1977-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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(Kozo Yabumoto, 藪本公三 [1900s], Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

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Year in Review: 1977

Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting

Roaring Tigers and Leaping Carp: Decoding the Symbolic Language of Chinese Animal Painting

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Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978). 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). Roaring Tigers and Leaping Carp: Decoding the Symbolic Language of Chinese Animal Painting. The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (organizer) (October 9, 2009-January 3, 2010). Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 16-July 13, 2004).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

With a fine ink line and graded wash, the life-like depiction of these swiftly moving carp is representative of the high quality of works by Liu Jie, a Ming dynasty court painter known for his fish paintings. The artist’s signature and seal are in the painting’s top left corner.<br><br>The carp is an auspicious and popular subject in Chinese painting. Here, the leaping carp can be associated with “a carp jumping the dragon gate,” which according to mythology transforms into a dragon, emblematic of a scholar’s success in passing the civil service examinations. Another reading suggests that this carp is not leaping but guiding his offspring in worshipping heaven.

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

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