Old Trees by a Cool Spring

Also known as: Old Trees by a Cool Spring 清泉喬木圖

Inscriptions

泰定丙寅年冬十二月薊丘李士行遵道作。[印] 李士行印; 李氏遵道; 遊戲翰墨.; 薊丘李侯能畫松，蟠根錯節騰蛟龍。枯梢削鐵歲月古，細葉當風紫翠重。昔人曾入子固夢，此株豈為秦官封。畢宏韋偃偕已矣，請公放筆吾將從。華溪九十翁沈夢麟書蘊中上人題; [印] 明善堂所見書畫印記; [印] 怡親王寶

Provenance

Yunzhong Shangren 藴中上人 [Zhiqiong 志瓊; active second half of 14th century] Prince Yi 怡親王 [Aisin-Gioro Yinxiang 愛新覺羅胤祥, 1686–1730], Beijing, China Abel William Bahr [1877–1959] ?–1970: (Ellsworth & Goldie, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1970–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971). The Colors of Ink. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974). Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982). Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

Quick Overview

Artist: Li Shixing (Chinese, 1283–1328)
Date: 1326
Medium: hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions: Image: 165.7 x 108.6 cm (65 1/4 x 42 3/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 280.5 x 117.5 cm (110 7/16 x 46 1/4 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: Chinese Art
Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession no.: 1970.41

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.