Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Peony)

Provenance

?–1967: Private Collection, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1967–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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

Artist: Zhang Ruoai (Chinese, 1713–1746)
Date: 1700s
Medium: album leaf, ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 14.4 x 20.3 cm (5 11/16 x 8 in.); Album, closed: 15 x 10.8 x 3 cm (5 7/8 x 4 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: Chinese Art
Credit line: Anonymous Gift
Accession no.: 1967.193.e

Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings
Zhang Ruoai
1700s · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010406
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Zhang Ruoai
1700s · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010462
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Zhang Ruoai
1700s · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010550
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Zhang Ruoai
1700s · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010558