
Cleveland Museum of Art
Mandarin Duck
Sesson ShūkeiLinkedCulture matchlcp-b56ed7bf3266
- Date
- 1500s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Culture
- Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 152408
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
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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- Credit line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Provenance
- (Klaus T. Naumann, Tokyo, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith) | ?-1985: The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, ?-1985, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1985-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1985-present
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