Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Landscape with Cranes
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creator Name:
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Ch'en Kuan (Chen Kuan)
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Title:
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Landscape with Cranes
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Collection Title Date:
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12th century - 20th century
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Title Date:
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1638
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Place of Origin/Discovery:
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China
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Materials:
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hanging scroll: ink and colors on silk
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Dimensions:
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h 78 x w 38 -3/4 inches
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Current Location:
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Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
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Address:
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Berkeley, CA 94720
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Object ID:
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1997.28
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Provenance:
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Museum Purchase
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Object Type:
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Painting
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Heading:
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Description
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Notes:
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Ch'en Kuan was a noted painter, calligrapher, and poet from Suchou in Chechiang province. Here Ch'en pays homage to the early Ming master Wen Cheng-ming, using that artist's cool-warm coloration, tall stately pines, and well-defined layered mountains.
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Notes:
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h: Hsing-an
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Notes:
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Inscription by the artist: "Cranes nesting in the pine trees everywhere, people visiting the wicker gate are few. On an auspicious day in the first month of the mou-yin [1638] Ch'en Kuan painted this as a present for Mr. Ming-tai." Translation by Marsha Smith Weidner.
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Notes:
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t: Meng-hsien
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Notes:
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This landscape painting is actually a "birthday painting," or a work commissioned as a present for a friend. From the artist's inscription it is clear that this painting was presented to a Mr. Ming-tai in this way.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/ft9199n9mv
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