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Bamboo is an evergreen plant that does not break under the weight of snow or the force of the wind, and thus became a favorite motif in literati painting and Chan Buddhism as a metaphor for the virtue of not yielding to worldly temptations. <br><br>Xuechuang, also known as monk Puming, was a native of Songjiang, near Shanghai, who spent his life as a monk in Suzhou. In 1338, he presided over Yunyan temple on Tiger Hill. Here, he masterfully depicts a bamboo gently bent in a subtle breeze. Puming’s paintings were revered in Japan and Korea.
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130496
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Bamboo in the Wind
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painting
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130496
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painting
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Bamboo in the Wind
description
Bamboo is an evergreen plant that does not break under the weight of snow or the force of the wind, and thus became a favorite motif in literati painting and Chan Buddhism as a metaphor for the virtue of not yielding to worldly temptations. <br><br>Xuechuang, also known as monk Puming, was a native of Songjiang, near Shanghai, who spent his life as a monk in Suzhou. In 1338, he presided over Yunyan temple on Tiger Hill. Here, he masterfully depicts a bamboo gently bent in a subtle breeze. Puming’s paintings were revered in Japan and Korea.
date
1300s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60516361
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31513
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Painting
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1
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Painting: 77.6 x 45.7 cm (30 9/16 x 18 in.); Overall with knobs: 209.5 x 75.5 cm (82 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.)
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China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
accession
1953.246
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Hanging scroll; ink on silk
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Bamboo in the Wind (風竹圖), 1300s. Puming (Xuechuang) (Chinese, active before 1274-after 1329). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; painting: 77.6 x 45.7 cm (30 9/16 x 18 in.); overall with knobs: 209.5 x 75.5 cm (82 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1953.246
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風竹圖
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ASIAN - Hanging scroll
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inscription
Artist's signature and 2 seals, all reading: Xuechuang 雪窓.
didYouKnow
Bamboo, pine, and plum, often referred to as the "three friends of winter," are popular motifs in Chinese literati art.
citations
citation
Harada, Yoshito 原田淑人 and Kazuchika Komai 駒井和愛. <em>Shina koki zukō</em> 支那古器圖攷. Tōkyō: Tōhō Bunka Gakuin Tōkyō Kenkyūjo, Shōwa 7 [1932].
page_number
Reproduced: pl. 397
citation
Dubosc, Jean-Pierre.<em> Mostra D'arte Cinese</em> = Exhibition of Chinese Art. Venezia: Alfieri Editore, 1954.
page_number
cat. no. 788
citation
Sirén, Osvald. <em>Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles</em>. New York: Ronald Press, 1956.
page_number
Mentioned: volume VII, Lists 129
citation
Lee, Sherman E. "A Bamboo in the Wind by P'u Ming." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 43, no. 2 (February 1956): pp. 22-24.
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Reproduced: p. 18
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 856
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Lee, Sherman E. <em>Tea Taste in Japanese Art</em>. New York: Asia Society, dist. by H. Abrams, 1963.
page_number
Reproduced: cat. no. 6; Mentioned: cat. no. 6, p. 95
citation
Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. <em>Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; [distributed by the Press of Case Western Reserve University], 1968.
page_number
cat. no. 244
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “Zen in Art: Art in Zen.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 59, no. 9, 1972, pp. 239–259.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 247, fig. 7
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25152451
citation
Lee, Sherman Emery, and James Robinson. <em>The Colors of Ink: Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. New York: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1974.
page_number
cat. no. 16
citation
Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980.
page_number
Reproduced: cat. no. 85, p. 106
citation
Jungmann, Burglind. "Sin Sukju's Record on the Painting Collection of Prince Anpyeong and Early Joseon Antiquarianism." <em>Archives of Asian Art,</em> <em>61</em> (2011), pp. 107-126.
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Reproduced: p. 111, fig 4
citation
Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. <em>Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 127–129
citation
Itakura, Masaaki. “Jiangnan’s Beauty: Song and Yuan Paintings Prized in Medieval and Early Modern Japan.” In <em>China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta, </em>edited by Clarissa von Spee, 64–71. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 70, fig. 38, no. 168
citation
Griswold, William, Xiaofei Tian, Richard Von Glahn, Feng Zhao, S. J. Vainker, Masaaki Itakura, Jiang Wu, et al. <em>China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta</em>. Edited by Clarissa von Spee. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 330, no. 168
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John L. Severance Fund
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130496
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Chinese Art
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ASIAN - Hanging scroll
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Hanging scroll; ink on silk
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