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Ge Shuying

Squirrels on the Chestnut Tree

1300s
Hanging scroll; ink on paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Dr. Ju-hsi Chou argues that Yongtian and Songtian were different, but related (father-son, master-pupil, or brothers) painters of squirrels. Ge was apparently their family name. A Tokyo National Museum squirrel painting signed Songtian Shanren (松田山人) has a seal giving the artist's formal name as Ge Shuying (葛淑英).

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