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Collection Online as of June 1, 2023

Album of Calligraphy and Paintings

first half of the 1700s

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Bian Shoumin 邊壽民

(Chinese, 1684–1752)

China, Qing dynasty

(1644-1911)

Album leaf; ink and color on paper

Overall: 18.5 x 27.5 cm (7 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Roger Y. K. Hsu, Dr. Daphne T. Hsu, and Dr. Jeffrey T. Hsu in memory of Robert P. Bergman 1999.260.e

Location

not on view

Description

The artist Bian Shoumin is known for his depiction of wild geese, water, and reeds. The migrant birds in autumn and winter evoked, in the minds of the Chinese intelligentsia, a time of parting and sorrow.

Provenance
?–1999
Dr. Roger Y. K. Hsu [1927–2022] and Mrs. Evangeline C. Hsu, Dr. Daphne T. Hsu, and Dr. Jeffrey T. Hsu, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1
1999–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Provenance Footnotes

1 Dr. Roger Y. K. and Mrs. Eva Hsu are the parents of Drs. Daphne T. Hsu and Jeffrey T. Hsu.
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