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Birds in a Tree

c. 1700–1868

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Hanging scroll; silk gauze brocaded with gold and silk

Overall: 169.5 x 47 cm (66 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.)

Gift of Donald J. Wineman in memory of his wife, Susan 1988.246

Location

not on view

Description

This scene of two Chinese pheasants with a flowering plum tree (a sign of the arrival of spring in Japan) is not painted. All the lines and surfaces are created by colored threads carefully stitched together into the silk. Consequently, the surface appears quite different from paintings on paper.

Provenance
?-1988
Donald J. Wineman, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1988-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
"The Year in Review for 1988."€ The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 76, no. 2, 1989, pp. 30-75. Mentioned: pp. 47 and 74, no. 208 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 121). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 12-July 13, 2004).

The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1988.246