Birds on a Peach Branch

1100s

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Title: Birds on a Peach Branch
Date Created: 1100s
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 24.8 x 25.7 cm (9 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.)
Provenance: (Heisando Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith), The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Painting
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.367
Medium: album leaf, ink and light color on silk
Fun Fact: An insect is drawn to the scent of the ripe peaches. Is the bird going to catch it?
Department: Chinese Art
Culture: China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Credit Line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Collection: ASIAN - Album leaf
Accession Number: 1985.367

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