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Herdboys and Buffalo in Landscape
by Guo Min
Also known as: Herdboys and Oxen in Landscape (right); Herdboys and Buffalo in Landscape
About the Artwork
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 on this 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."
Inscriptions
努力還相鬪，爭強不自安。 牧童閑退立，解帶靜中看。 伯達
Provenance
Shokado Shojo 松花堂昭乗 [1584–1639], Japan Otokoyama Hachiman-gu 男山八幡宮, Kyoto, Japan Baron 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
Exhibition history
China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Guo Min (Chinese, mid-late 1200s)
- Date
- 1200s
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink on silk
- Dimensions
- Image: 92 x 56.5 cm (36 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 196 x 76 cm (77 3/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 1999.216.1
More by Guo Min in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009704
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