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Old Trees by a Cool Spring

清泉喬木圖

1326

Li Shixing 李士行

(Chinese, 1283–1328)

China, Yuan dynasty

(1271-1368)

Hanging scroll, ink on silk

Image: 165.7 x 108.6 cm (65 1/4 x 42 3/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 280.5 x 117.5 cm (110 7/16 x 46 1/4 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1970.41

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泰定丙寅年冬十二月薊丘李士行遵道作。[印] 李士行印; 李氏遵道; 遊戲翰墨.

Inscription Translation

Artist's inscription, signature, and 3 seals: In the twelfth month of winter, in the bingyin year of the Taiding era [1326], Li Shixing, Zundao, of Jiqiu did this. [seals] Li Shixing yin; Li shi Zundao; You xi han mo.

Inscription

薊丘李侯能畫松，蟠根錯節騰蛟龍。枯梢削鐵歲月古，細葉當風紫翠重。昔人曾入子固夢，此株豈為秦官封。畢宏韋偃偕已矣，請公放筆吾將從。華溪九十翁沈夢麟書蘊中上人題

Inscription Translation

1 inscription and 1 seal of Shen Menglin 沈夢麟 (1207–1399): Marquis Li of Jiqiu can paint pines. From gnarled roots and tangled branches a dragon may soar. Those dead twigs are as sharp as irons as in time past. Against the wind, the slender leaves pile up in purple and greens. One in the past has dreamt a Zigu’s dream. This tree exists even without Qin’s conferment of official titles. Bi Hong and Wei Yan have all vanished. Do unleash your brush and I’ll follow in your footsteps. "The Old Man of Flower Stream” Sheng Menglin at ninety years of age [1396]. Wrote it on behalf of Yun zhong Shang ren (active second half of 14th century).

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[印] 明善堂所見書畫印記; [印] 怡親王寶

Inscription Translation

2 seals of Prince Yi 怡親王 (Aisin-Gioro Yinxiang 愛新覺羅胤祥; 1686–1730): Ming shan tang xuo jian shu hua yin ji; Yi qing wang bao

Provenance

Yunzhong Shangren 藴中上人 [Zhiqiong 志瓊; active second half of 14th century]

Prince Yi 怡親王 [Aisin-Gioro Yinxiang 愛新覺羅胤祥, 1686–1730], Beijing, China

Abel William Bahr [1877–1959]

?–1970

(Ellsworth & Goldie, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1970–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Lee, Sherman Emery, and James Robinson. The Colors of Ink: Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: [s.n.], 1974. cat. no. 11.

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 346 archive.org

"Visions of Landscape East and West." Asia Vol. 4, No. 5 (January/February 1982): pp. 24-29. Reproduced: pp. 24-25

Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 122–126

Exhibition history

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 16-July 13, 2004).

Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

The Colors of Ink. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974).

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).

Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

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