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The Crossing of the Yangzi River

c. 1700–1720

Shang Rui 上睿

(Chinese, 1634?-)

China, Qing dynasty

(1644-1911)

Hanging scroll, ink and slight color on paper

Mounted: 177.8 x 55.3 cm (70 x 21 3/4 in.); Painted surface: 96.2 x 39.7 cm (37 7/8 x 15 5/8 in.)

Gift of Wen Fong in honor of Philip Hoffer 1968.365

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Colophons: One upper left inscription by the artist followed by two seals; one upper right inscription followed by two seals; three other seals, one in lower left

Provenance

?–1968

Wen Fong 方聞 [1930–2018], Princeton, NJ, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1968–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1969.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 57, no. 1 (January 1970): 2–50. Mentioned: p. 50, cat. no. 207; Reproduced: p. 33, cat. no. 207 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).