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This image shows two cranes, one flying and one standing, amongst tall bamboo plants. There is a yellow border outside the image with black writing on it.

This image shows two cranes in the center of the image, amongst tall bamboo plants, with a yellow border in the top right with black writing on in. One crane is flying over the other crane, who is standing on a rock. Both have red dots on their heads. They are divided by a branch of bamboo, which is part of a larger plant. There are several other bamboo plants in the image, with those in the foreground darker than those in the background. There is a vertical yellow strip on the top right edge, outside the border of the image. There is vertically oriented black lettering on the yellow strip.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1994.87
People
Traditionally attributed to Yi Tŏg-ik, Korean (active first half 18th century)
Title
Two Manchurian Cranes amidst a Lakeside Stand of Mist-Enshrouded Bamboo
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, album leaf
Date
first half 18th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201009

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Album leaf; ink and light colors on silk
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 41 x W. 28.8 cm (16 1/8 x 11 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Nelson Goodman (1906-1998), Newton, MA (by 1994), sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Louise Haskell Daly Fund and through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year
1994
Object Number
1994.87
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Re-View: S228-230 (Asian rotation: 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/23/2009 - 10/25/2009
  • Korean Art Collections in the United States, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, 06/04/2012 - 08/05/2012
  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/03/2015 - 06/07/2016

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