Squirrels on the Chestnut Tree
Cleveland Museum of Art

Squirrels on the Chestnut Tree

Ge Shuying (Chinese, active 1300s) · 1300s

Hanging scroll; ink on paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

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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