One Hundred Children at Play
Cleveland Museum of Art

One Hundred Children at Play

Su Hanchen (Chinese, active c. 1101–1125) · 1100s–1200s

Album leaf; ink and color on silk
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Following a baby’s birth, ceremonies and festivities traditionally marked the baby’s successive attainment of thirty days, one hundred days, and one year in age. “One hundred children” paintings such as this album leaf would have been suitable for presentation on either of the latter occasions.

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