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Swift Bull from the Ten Swift Bulls

Unknown artist, late 1200s–early 1300s

17 cm × 32 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 5 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 32 cm
Width: 17 cm
Medium: section of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
Kind: Painting
Made in: Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Painting: 27.1 x 31.9 cm (10 11/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 32 cm × 27 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: John L. Severance Fund

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 17 cm × 32 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made late 1200s–early 1300s. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: John L. Severance Fund.
How was it made?: Section of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper, made in Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333), Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333).
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.