Images

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=434BD2CEBE3CFBE24F13037894C39FA1610CD1512624447EDF07B49F55D99414&s=21&se=1120091087&v=7&f=1961.206_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=2AC40F51292BC2B6E723921DB78F513ABE458943A5243228D9CBA0770D9CC38E&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=E7505240256514ECAD5DC8FF0E37DDDF39916ABF56CB98D9D79902C183AE118A&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det01_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=76803CF441AD1933FB8B2741DFBD72B0BAF3A57D35E542F9CA5FD5B2DD837854&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det01_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=E7505240256514ECF3422531F79069C8A3E66D1325801195FB1DAA489EC8E279&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det02_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=5EBEF8FDDFA5DF320EB2CBB4E1FDE6ABE280A1CCBA6486AB3A9CE78C9648B5BA&s=21&se=1120091087&v=&f=%5C1961.206det02_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=E7505240256514EC78BA30187C6C177D12B9B586CB85035ADD1295F6A0C081EB&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det03_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=5EBEF8FDDFA5DF32CFB7E3D7A1B967BC84B2647A4AFAE878D912CD8073A8DCD8&s=21&se=1120091087&v=&f=%5C1961.206det03_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=5EBEF8FDDFA5DF329B45D4D720E65543C16909E7B7A896E1F021637F2EE777BB&s=21&se=1120091087&v=&f=%5C1961.206det04_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=538E1E7EA3283688975E5C23EF28EC4412D5B1ABBED9D1C958A5572141C39F76&s=21&se=1120091087&v=&f=%5C1961.206det05_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=538E1E7EA3283688A1D6706F98FB60B7FF3E0D866F6415AF3305A594B221EFD6&s=21&se=1120091087&v=&f=%5C1961.206det06_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=497C1FC2886ED68E86155D2E0AB88F0ABBAE9D150AE933FE9BB8CF20BE32E2F6&s=21&se=1120091087&v=&f=%5C1961.206det07_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=497C1FC2886ED68EB8F5464FD4421EEC1F7F919269B51E8363AFD2648C22B717&s=21&se=1120091087&v=&f=%5C1961.206det08_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=497C1FC2886ED68EE1897177FA4EAEDD638F6CEA0DBA1A6FE3C38E2029233D9C&s=21&se=1120091087&v=&f=%5C1961.206det09_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=3CE90C3351E546E1B3C78ABAF1AAF431FA0945035418B7A4982045E577958A27&s=21&se=1120091087&v=&f=%5C1961.206det10_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=3CE90C3351E546E189BC13962D92999D0B1EDAF31D2C438B887FC463159D2B04&s=21&se=1120091087&v=&f=%5C1961.206det11_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=12A5C913A5F30BC17D96CE599567762E9678F7A0461BBAE2F47C2D57C362F2DF&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det12_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=12A5C913A5F30BC161A83091087E71E217064F3BECDE8B0527EB1F4FC5692E76&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det13_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=12A5C913A5F30BC1EC8BC62053893A1067D3899D64D25184DAB6F5F81EB482A1&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det14_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=ABE3B0C4291F0F20AD930DF71CCF5A848FABF4BA7517FFDFDF6FCA4E01CF4C1C&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det15_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=ABE3B0C4291F0F207D185590FEF01556625A48FB83C4720F53A0B057D98B6AD1&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det16_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=B37EBC6E631B87AC41A920EF89FCE2DEE6C79D8CDC2F3B5C00DA42498E53DB96&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det17_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=B37EBC6E631B87AC44B958D13B6BDC3A5995167960CD544D7D3BAD57BEC32FF7&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det18_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=B37EBC6E631B87AC43FDD507378C6826DD0E7934B281BF8268857A47512B818A&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det19_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=F837C09FBF494D37EEF03C500BC24A8EB9380342F45B873162C54A605E84A433&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det20_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=F837C09FBF494D37E1C7182B7E5CEC0E425280E76CAB8713C3502CE41305C1BA&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det21_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=C07A1AE6732DF018565F87F70368859C86D12B40B69B57550397CDBBB2D932C3&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det22_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=C07A1AE6732DF018EAA815C41A8884CAD20234989057CE3004E0E21F275A3636&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det23_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=C07A1AE6732DF018634A3F85F5DF222BFD526D895E9399856147998A81DA266C&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det24_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=2CCC6423F6F2E044128E5EA025EA6AE905BDF0F38F215AB015E44EB59FB551D8&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det25_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=2CCC6423F6F2E044B827707B596ADA579DA80C27583E5CB8DD059280AF1206BC&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det26_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=C73CC09648F5F8AF9814F7281B21DC9B2841D004114F7955D2123936C480EA3F&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det27_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=C73CC09648F5F8AFC1E4B5FCAF0A6B97E0EA3B87D3A4214D587C49A32BA5C858&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det28_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=C73CC09648F5F8AF92636B65C065EEE6FCC1E7B4F5F117A536643BC45C425A95&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det29_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=FC47CEC1E91D36FEE23515BFEAEB5FCED64E144381DABE4DB38F5C03C653752D&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det30_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=FC47CEC1E91D36FEE426C57A0A14B06C26835B1D3B5F8B9A8BD7D5D3D0204EB4&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det31_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=8AD90EBAFC89209940E63743E0B021F5A1437701E434694724C451C4EF3F9A7E&s=21&se=1120091087&v=1&f=%5C1961.206det32_o2.jpg

Alternate Views

The Lantern Night Excursion of Zhong Kui

鍾馗元夜出遊圖

late 1200s-early 1300s

Yan Hui 彥輝

(Chinese, active 1270-1310)

China, Yuan dynasty

(1271-1368)

Handscroll; ink and slight color on silk

Image: 24.8 x 240.3 cm (9 3/4 x 94 5/8 in.); Overall: 25.7 x 904.4 cm (10 1/8 x 356 1/16 in.)

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1961.206

Location

not on view

Did you know?

Zhong Kui was an ancient ghostbuster.

Artist biography

Yan Hui

Yan Hui was a professional painter skilled in painting landscapes, figures, deities, and ghosts. He was a native of Luling 廬陵, Jiangxi 江西 province, active in the late Southern Song and early Yuan dynasty.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Artist's signature [and probable seal]: Yan Qiuyue 顏秋月 Title on frontispiece and 1 seal of Niu Shuyu 鈕樹玉 (1760-1827): Qiuyue mohuan 秋月墨幻 [Qiuyue's Ink Fantasy]. 31 additional seals: 2 of Yang Shiqi 楊士奇 (1365-1444); 2 of An Guo 安國 (1481-1534); 8 of Xiang Yuanbian 項元汴 (1525-1590); 2 of Geng Zhaozhong 耿昭忠 (1640-1686); 4 of Pu Tung 溥侗 (1870-1952); 7 of Tan Jing 譚敬 (1911-1991); 1 of Liu Ting-chih (20th c.); 5 unidentified.

Inscription

An inscription by Zizhi Shanren 紫芝山人 [probably Jiang Hui 蔣惠], dated 1389

Inscription

An inscription by Wu Kuan 吳寬 (1436–1504)

Provenance

Yang Shiqi 楊士奇 [1365–1444]

An Guo 安國 [1481–1534]

Xiang Yuanbian 項元汴 [1525–1590]

Geng Zhaozhong 耿昭忠 [1640–1686]

Pu Tong 溥侗 [1870–1952]

Tan Jing 譚敬 [1911–1991]

?-1961

(Frank Caro [1904–1980], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1961-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Provenance Citations

Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015. Mentioned: pp. 85

Citations

Goepper, Roger. 1000 Jahre chinesische Malerei. München: Haus der Kunst, 1959. Reproduced: cat. no. 27

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 261 archive.org

Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; [distributed by the Press of Case Western Reserve University], 1968. Reproduced: cat. no. 206

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 261 archive.org

Dubosc, Jean-Pierre. “Plum Blossoms in Moonlight: A Round Fan Painting Signed Yen Hui.” Archives of Asian Art, vol. 26, 1972, pp. 67–70. Reproduced: pp. 67-70, fig. 4 www.jstor.org

Lee, Sherman Emery, and James Robinson. The Colors of Ink: Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1974. cat. no. 14

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 345 archive.org

Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980. Reproduced: cat. no. 91, pp. 111-112

Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華 : 特别展 : クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから = Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998. Reproduced: p. 50, cat. no. 27

Shanghai bo wu guan 上海博物館. Han mo hui cui: xi du Meiguo cang Zhongguo Wu dai Song Yuan shu hua zhen pin [翰墨薈萃: 细读美国藏中国五代宋元书画珍品 = Masterpieces of early Chinese painting and calligraphy in American collections]. Beijing: Beijing da xue chu ban she, 2012. Reproduced: cat. no. 43, pp. 367-377

Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015. Reproduced: pp. 85-89

Exhibition history

Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 24, 1968).

Looking East. The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH (1976).

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 122). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23-October 27, 2003).

1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei. Haus der Kunst, Mùnich, Germany (organizer) (October 16-December 13, 1959).

Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).

The Colors of Ink. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974).

Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques. The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 7-March 29, 1981).

Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).

The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).

Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 10, 1988).

Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).

Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

Masterpieces of Early Chinese Painting and Calligraphy in American Collections . Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, China (organizer) (November 1, 2012-January 3, 2013).

Silent Poetry: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 14, 2015-April 24, 2016).

Cite this page

{{cite web|title=The Lantern Night Excursion of Zhong Kui|url=https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.206|author=Yan Hui|year=late 1200s-early 1300s|access-date=27 February 2021|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Contact us

The information about this object, including provenance information, is based on historic information and may not be currently accurate or complete. Research on objects is an ongoing process, but the information about this object may not reflect the most current information available to CMA. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about this object, please email collectionsdata@clevelandart.org.

To request more information about this object, study images, or bibliography, contact the Ingalls Library Reference Desk.

Is something not working on this page? Please email help.website@clevelandart.org.

Request a digital file from Image Services that is not available through CC0, a detail image, or any image with a color bar. If you have questions about requesting an image, please email imageservices@clevelandart.org.

You are here:

Images

The Lantern Night Excursion of Zhong Kui

The Lantern Night Excursion of Zhong Kui

鍾馗元夜出遊圖

Yan Hui 彥輝

Location

Download and Share

Did you know?

Yan Hui

Inscription

Inscription

Inscription

Provenance Citations

Contact us