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Mandarin Duck
Sesson Shukei1500s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
In this painting, the artist depicted a scene of a solitary duck floating by reeds in a subtle arrangement of dry and wet, light and dark ink tones which conveys the tranquility of the moment.
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- Title: Mandarin Duck
- Creator: Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577)
- Date Created: 1500s
- Physical Dimensions: Painting only: 30 x 41.4 cm (11 13/16 x 16 5/16 in.); Including mounting: 110 x 58.4 cm (43 5/16 x 23 in.)
- Provenance: (Klaus T. Naumann, Tokyo, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith), The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, ?-1985, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1985-present
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.246
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573)
- Credit Line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
- Accession Number: 1985.246
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