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The Lantern Night Excursion of Zhong Kui

late 1200s-early 1300s

Yan Hui

(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

Artist biography

Yan Hui

first half 14th century

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 (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)

Citations

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

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

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

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

Exhibition history

Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1959: 1000 Jahre, cat. no. 27.

Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968: Lee and Ho, Yüan, cat. no. 206.

Asia House Gallery, New York, 1974: Lee, Colors of Ink, cat. no. 14.

The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, 1976: Looking East, no catalogue.

Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, cat. no. 91, p. 111-112.

CMA 1988, Feb. 10- April 10: "Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China.”

Nara National Museum, Japan (2/21-3/29/98); Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo (4/28-6/21/98) "Highlights of Asian Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art" p.50, cat. no. 27

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 122); July 23 - October 27, 2003.

Shanghai Museum, China (11/02/2012 - 1/3/2013): 'Masterpieces of Early Chinese Painting and Calligraphy in American Collections", ex. cat no. 43, p. 367-377.

The Cleveland Museum of Art (11/14/2015- 04/24/2016): "Silent Poetry: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting"

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

The Colors of Ink. The Cleveland Museum of Art (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 (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).

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