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1340–1370 · Cleveland Museum of Art

Buddha's Conversion of Five Bhiksu

Li ShengWikidata

painting by Li Sheng (Chinese, active c. 1324-after 1375) (1997.92)

Wander from here
Date
1340–1370 (known to the century)Wikidata
Cleveland Museum of Art: mid-1300s
Medium
handscroll; ink on paperCleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
26.7 × 110.5 cmCleveland Museum of Art
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art, ClevelandWikidata
Gallery
240A Chinese Paintings and CalligraphyCleveland Museum of Art
Inventory no.
1997.92Wikidata
Credit line
Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean PerryCleveland Museum of Art

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. Dates unknown
    Xu Qianxue 徐乾學 [1631–1694]
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
  2. 1929 – c. 1949
    Wu Hufan 吳湖帆 [1894–1968], Shanghai, China, to C. C. Wang
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “Wu Hufan 吳湖帆 [1894–1968], Shanghai, China, to C. C. Wang (1929–c. 1949) [notes: According to one of Wu Hufan's inscriptions on the painting, he "acquired in Shanghai in the sixth month of the Jisi year (1929)."]”
  3. c. 1949 – ? before 1968
    (C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. A. Dean Perry)
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “(C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. A. Dean Perry) (c. 1949–? before 1968)”
  4. ? by 1968 – 1997
    Mr. A. [Albert] Dean Perry [1909–1987] and Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry [1911–1996], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    purchase
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “Mr. A. [Albert] Dean Perry [1909–1987] and Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry [1911–1996], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art (? by 1968–1997)”
  5. 1997 –
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1997–)”
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