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Herdboys and Buffalo in Landscapes
1200s
(Chinese, mid-late 1200s)
Painting: 92.7 x 56.5 cm (36 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1999.216
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Tending water buffalos has traditionally been the task of young boys and can still be seen in rural areas of Southern China today.Description
Herdboys tend their buffalo in a bucolic landscape by a winding stream. Guo Min emphasizes the massive forms and mighty power of the animals, transforming them into forces of nature.The poem in the first scroll reads: "The bulls are engaging in fighting, Cautiously, each seeks to overcome the other. The herdboy calmly stands by. Untying his belt, he silently watches."
The poem in the second scroll reads: "Together, they wade through the middle of the stream, Mindless of perils in the journey. The grass grows tall in the village ahead, While the mist and rain spread far and wide."
- Shokado Shojo 松花堂昭乗 [1584–1639], JapanOtokoyama Hachiman-gu 男山八幡宮, Kyoto, JapanBaron Morimura Kaisaku 男爵 森村開作 [1873–1962], Japan?–1999(Kaikodo America Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1999–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Kokka no. 355 (1919) pp. 202-206. pp. 202-206Harada, Kinjirō 原田謹次郎. Nihon genzai Shina meiga mokuroku 日本現在支那名畫目錄. Tōkyō: Ōtsuka Kōgeisha, 1938. p. 124Kaikodo (Autumn 1999), no. 2, pp. 94-95, 246-49. pp. 94-95, 246-49Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Rare Chinese Paintings, Baroque Porcelain Plaque and Other New Acquisitions Exhibited with Hanging Scrolls,” December 20, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.orgChou, 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. Reproduced: pp. 97-99Chou, 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. p. 97
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