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Landscape with Poet Tao Yuanming (365–472 CE)

Landscape with Poet Tao Yuanming (365–472 CE)

1200s–1400s

Did You Know?

The archaic vessels and qin, or seven-stringed zither, on the table allude to the gentleman-scholar’s cultural refinement.

Description

Poet Tao Yuanming (365–427 CE) turned down a civil service career in politically turbulent times to write poetry and enjoy his garden. In his poem Drinking Wine, he wrote: "I pluck chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and serenely I gaze at the southern mountains." His desire to leave bureaucratic life for the simplicity and authenticity of nature has deeply resonated with generations of Chinese scholars, making it a popular theme in paintings.
  • ? before 1915
    Dr. John C Ferguson 福開森 [1866–1945]
    H. W. [Henry Watson] Kent [1866–1948] as agent for the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
    1915
    John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1915–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Six Dynasties of Chinese Painting (Chinese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2023-May 5, 2024).
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