Swinging Gibbon, by Xia Gui, late 1100s–early 1200s
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Swinging Gibbon

attributed to Xia Gui (Chinese, active c. 1209–c. 1243)

late 1100s–early 1200s

Medium
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
Image: 24.8 x 26.5 cm (9 3/4 x 10 7/16 in.)
Culture
China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, Chinese Art
Credit line
John L. Severance Fund
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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