1994.87: Two Manchurian Cranes amidst a Lakeside Stand of Mist-Enshrouded Bamboo
PaintingsThis 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
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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
- Permissions
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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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