Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf A (previous leaf 4)

1668

Xiao Yuncong

Xiao Yuncong (Chinese, 1596–1673)

Chinese Art

Album of Seasonal Landscapes, Leaf A (previous leaf 4), 1668. Xiao Yuncong (Chinese, 1596–1673). Album leaf, ink and light color on paper; overall: 21 x 15.8 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1955.302.4 The plum blossoms identify this painting as early spring.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Xiao Yuncong
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: album leaf, ink and light color on paper
Medium: album, leaf, ink, light, color, paper
Dimensions: Overall: 21 x 15.8 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Artist's inscription, signature, and 8 seals: Leaf D. In this perpetual spring, together we search out pleasure/ While lively birds flap their feathers./ The fragrance of the prunus strikes the ground;/ Its blossoms adorn the caps of rustics. Yuncong [seal] Xiao Yuncong Inscription: 9 additional seals: 2 of Chen Yixi 陳奕禧 (1646-1709); 4 of Li Yufen 李玉棻 [Li Yunhu 李韵湖] (active mid-1800s); 3 unidentified.
Departments: Chinese Art
Accession Number: 1955.302.4
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Exhibitions: The Colors of Ink, <em>Conference on Oriental-Western Literary and Cultural Relations</em>. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1974)., <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</em>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).
Rights Statement: CC0