Cleveland Museum of Art
Ink Bamboo
- Date
- 1200s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink on silk
- Culture
- China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 150710
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This deceptively simple composition features two upright stalks of bamboo with leafy stems extended to fill the silk. The painter sensitively balanced ink tones and brushstrokes. The leaves that cross in front of other leaves are outlined in clear silk. In traditional Chinese culture, bamboo symbolizes a gentleman's virtuous resilience and flexibility.
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- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Provenance
- ?–1982: (Shogoro Yabumoto, Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1982–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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