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Collection Online as of March 23, 2026

Westlake Panorama

mid-1700s

China, Qing dynasty

(1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)
woodblock print, ink on paper; printed with three woodblocks in shades of black on four sheets
Image: 34.6 x 55.4 cm (13 5/8 x 21 13/16 in.); Paper: 38 x 59.3 cm (14 15/16 x 23 3/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2025.82
Location: Not on view

Description

Revived by the southern imperial inspection tours, West Lake imagery became a popular subject during the early Qing dynasty. This panorama is composed of four prints, showing the Ten Scenes of the West Lake in Hangzhou along with other sights. The vanishing point perspective and the hatching lines that depict shading, water, or sky derive from European copperplate prints, introduced by missionaries to China, and were celebrated novelties in 18th-century Suzhou prints. These prints also reached Europe to furnish 18th-century palace interiors.
  • ?–2025
    (Christer von der Burg, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    2025–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).
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