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Wrapper for the Tapestry Scroll Mingling of Clear and Muddy Water at the Junction of the Jing and Wei Rivers

1736–95

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China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign

(1736–95)

Silk and metal thread: tapestry weave, painted with ink and colors

Warp: 76.2 cm (30 in.); weft: 93.3 cm (36 3/4 in.); Overall: 55.5 x 55 cm (21 7/8 x 21 5/8 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.618.b

Location

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Description

The cloth to wrap the tapestry scroll, Mingling of Clear and Muddy Water at the Junction of the Jing and Wei Rivers, features a dragon, emblem of imperial power, on an imperial yellow ground.

Provenance

?-1915

John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1915-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952. Hartford, Conn: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951. p. 53

Von Spee, Clarissa. “Clear and Muddy Water: Rediscovering a Chinese imperial tapestry scroll.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 58, no. 3 (May/June 2018): 14-15. Reproduced: P. 15; Mentioned: P. 14, 15.

Spee, Clarissa von. "From the SIlk Road to the Imperial Court: Chinese Textiles in the Cleveland Museum of Art." Arts of Asia 48, no. 3(May-June 2018): 50-56. Reproduced: p. 56, fig. 11

Exhibition history

2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 7, 1951-January 27, 1952; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27-March 25, 1952).

Arts of China from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Mansfield, OH (February 27-April 10, 1983).

K'o-ssu: Chinese Silk Tapestry. China House Gallery, New York City, NY (organizer) (March 24-May 27, 1971).

The Splendor of Chinese Silk – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 5-August 12, 2018).

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Wrapper for the Tapestry Scroll Mingling of Clear and Muddy Water at the Junction of the Jing and Wei Rivers

Wrapper for the Tapestry Scroll Mingling of Clear and Muddy Water at the Junction of the Jing and Wei Rivers

China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign

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