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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Although little known today, Tao Hong was a versatile artist who here depicts farmers returning home after a day in the fields. The shallow stream and dormant rice fields, the returning birds, and light sprinkles of green foliage all indicate the beginning of the farming season and hope for a good harvest. While the first leaf of this pair, 1999.223, depicts rural life, this one is of a more poetic nature. A lone crane stands in a bamboo grove. By using light colors and nuanced brushwork, Tao Hong achieves an effect of natural light and luminosity.
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Wang Hui (Chinese, 1632–1717) — Tall Bamboo and Distant Moun
Yi Bingshou — 清 伊秉綬 山水 冊|Landscapes
Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776) — West Lake
Liu Yu — 清 柳堉 幽谷深林圖 卷|Remote Valleys and Deep Forests
Zha Shibiao (Chinese, 1615–1698) — Landscape Album in Variou
Kano Chikanobu (Japanese, 1660–1728) — Chinese Landscape
Zhai Dakun (Chinese, d. 1804) — Landscape
Dong Qichang — 明 董其昌 秋山圖 軸|Autumn Mountains
Unidentified artist|Jing Hao
Zha Shibiao (Chinese, 1615–1698) — Landscape Album in Variou
Song Xu (Chinese, 1525-c. 1606) — Yutai Peak (Jade Terrace P
Luo Mu
