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Mandarin Duck
About the Artwork
In this painting, the artist depicted a scene of a solitary duck floating by reeds in a subtle arrangement of dry and wet, light and dark ink tones which conveys the tranquility of the moment.
Provenance
(Klaus T. Naumann, Tokyo, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith) ?-1985: The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, ?-1985, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1985-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1985-present
Exhibition history
A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577)
- Date
- 1500s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 30 x 41.4 cm (11 13/16 x 16 5/16 in.); Including mounting: 110 x 58.4 cm (43 5/16 x 23 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Credit line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Accession no.
- 1985.246
More by Sesson Shūkei 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-00010066
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