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Collection Online as of July 15, 2026

A horizontally oriented ink and color painting on paper across two pages depicts a landscape centered on a large red seal with stylized script. Flanked by orange bats, the seal sits above blue-toned bamboo and flowering plants where three more bats fly. Stylized green rocks anchored in the foreground sprout orange mushrooms. Gray, undulating clouds drift in the upper left, while gold leaf flecks create a shimmering effect across the tan background.

Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Bats, rocks, flowers oval calligraphy)

1700s

Zhang Ruoai

(Chinese, 1713–1746)
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
album leaf, ink and color on paper
Image: 14.4 x 20.3 cm (5 11/16 x 8 in.); Album, closed: 15 x 10.8 x 3 cm (5 7/8 x 4 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Anonymous Gift 1967.193.a
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1967
    Private Collection, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1967–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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