The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Lüshan Hui
c. 1588
(Chinese, 1525-c. 1606)
Sheet: 26.4 x 28.4 cm (10 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.)
Location: Not on view
Description
This album of landscape paintings depicts the famous scenic areas located in and around the city of Wuxing in southeastern China. These places were all known for their natural beauty, but in addition, a number were distinguished by their links to eminent historical figures and events. The artist, Song Xu, was not a native of Wuxing, but must have visited it when he accepted the commission, for he carefully depicted all eighteen views and wrote comments on each of them.Song's gazetteer-like notation on this leaf reads:
Lüshan hui [Mount Lü corridor]: Its name stems from Lü Meng (178–219 CE), who camped here. It is a place in the Bian Mountain range. To get to the capital of (Wuxing) prefecture, one must follow through there.
- ?–1998(Kaikodo America Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1998–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- 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. 287-295
- China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).
- {{cite web|title=Lüshan Hui|url=false|author=Song Xu|year=c. 1588|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1998.78.15