id:			100253
accession number:	1919.75
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.75
updated:		2023-08-23 18:32:02.506000

Rubbing of a Stone from the Tang-Fang Collection, 1900–1916. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) or Republican period (1912-49). Rubbing, ink on paper, horizontal scroll; overall: 66.7 x 181.6 cm (26 1/4 x 71 1/2 in.); rubbing only: 134 x 53.2 cm (52 3/4 x 20 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Yamanaka & Company 1919.75

title:				Rubbing of a Stone from the Tang-Fang Collection
title in original language:	東漢武梁祠畫像石拓片
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creation date:			1900–1916
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1916
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creditline:			Gift of Yamanaka & Company
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) or Republican period (1912-49)
technique:	Rubbing, ink on paper, horizontal scroll
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	Chinese Art
type:		Miscellaneous
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measurements: Overall: 66.7 x 181.6 cm (26 1/4 x 71 1/2 in.); Rubbing only: 134 x 53.2 cm (52 3/4 x 20 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		From Caves to Tombs: Chinese Pictorial Rubbings from Stone Reliefs (Chinese art rotation)
	opening date:   2021-06-11T04:00:00
	<i>From Caves to Tombs: Chinese Pictorial Rubbings from Stone Reliefs (Chinese art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 11-November 14, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916-
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fun fact:
In the period before photography, life-size rubbings of sculptures and cultural relics from ancient sites were useful study material.

digital description:


wall description:
This rubbing corresponds in composition with stone reliefs from the east wall in stone chamber 3 of the Wu Liang shrine. The upper register illustrates stories of virtuous women.<br> <br>Read from right to left, the last scene in the upper left corner shows a bed under a roof that is labeled “Virtuous Woman of the Capital.” The story relates that a woman was blackmailed into helping to kill her husband. She pretended to cooperate but took her husband’s place in bed. When the killers realized in the morning that they had decapitated the woman, they abandoned their murderous plan.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 6, no. 5 (1919): 97-98.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 97
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136292

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