A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection

China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).

China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail

Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).

A circular ink and color painting on brown silk depicts two birds on a fruiting branch. On the left, a bird with a white breast and black eye stripe perches, looking right. Another hangs upside down from the same branch further right. Muted green leaves and pale round fruit cluster below, with the branch extending from the left center. The entire scene is held within a round border against a warm, uniform background.

(Heisando Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)

The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art

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Birds on a Peach Branch

China, Southern Song dynasty

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