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Bird Sleeping on a Plum Tree

Yang Ki-hun, early 1900s

1.12 m × 44 cm

About the size of a cafe table. You would need 2 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 44 cm
Width: 1.12 m
Medium: hanging scroll; ink on silk
Kind: Painting
Made in: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
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: Overall: 103 x 112.4 cm (40 9/16 x 44 1/4 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 1.12 m × 1.03 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: John L. Severance Fund

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

How big is it?: 1.12 m × 44 cm. About the size of a cafe table. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made early 1900s. 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?: Hanging scroll; ink on silk, made in Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910).
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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