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Sleeping Bird on a Prunus Branch
by Bian Wenjin
Inscriptions
Artist's inscription, signature, and 2 seals: Painted by Pien Ching-chao of Lung-hsi, painter-in-attendance of [Wu]-ying-tien. [seals] I-ch'ing-tung-chih; Pien shih Wen-chin
Exhibition history
Year in Review for 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969). 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).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Bian Wenjin (Chinese, about 1354–1428)
- Date
- 1400s
- Medium
- album leaf; ink on silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 24.3 x 21 cm (9 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee
- Accession no.
- 1967.249
Provenance
?–1967: Dr. Sherman E. Lee [1918–2008] and Mrs. Ruth Ward Lee [1918–2011], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1967–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
More by Bian Wenjin in museum collections
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Open-access museum record · AT-00010327
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