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"tombstone": "Landscape Album in Various Styles: The Stream of Wuling, 1684. Zha Shibiao (Chinese, 1615\u20131698). Album leaf, ink and light color on paper; overall: 29.9 x 39.4 cm (11 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1955.37.4",
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"title": "Landscape Album in Various Styles: The Stream of Wuling",
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"inscription": "Artist's inscription, signature, and seal:\n\nThe stream of Wuling. Zha Shibiao [seal] Shibiao.",
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"inscription_remark": "Wuling is the mythic land described in Tao Qian's \"Record of the Peach-Blossom Spring.\"",
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"title": "When Salt was Gold: Yangzhou, City of Riches and Art",
"description": "When Salt was Gold: Yangzhou, City of Riches and Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 12-November 5, 2023).",
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"description": "Chinese Landscape Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5-December 26, 1954).",
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"description": "The Colors of Ink. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 9-May 12, 1974).",
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"description": "Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).",
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"description": "Ma Yueguan \u99ac\u66f0\u742f [1688\u20131755]",
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"description": "Ding Huikang \u4e01\u60e0\u5eb7 [1868/1869\u2013about 1918] and Gu Anmi \u9867\u5b89\u5b93",
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"did_you_know": "Zha Shibiao, a native of Anhui province, moved to Yangzhou later in his career, like so many of his fellow countrymen.",
"description": "At age 68, Zha Shibiao painted this album with seasonal landscapes in various styles. Painted in fresh colors and wet strokes, all depict typical scenes of Jiangnan.
The mention of Wuling in the inscription signals the \u201cPeach Blossom Spring,\u201d but Zha Shibiao purposefully left out all the accepted iconography for that story: a lone fisherman, cave entrance, and village of hermits. Instead, two men in separate boats are engaged in conversation. Could they be talking about the way to the Peach Blossom Spring, or could one of them be that fisherman blessed by his unintended visit but no longer able to find his way back again? Around them unfolds a lyrical landscape, with willows along the shores, an empty pavilion, a wide-open lake surface, and endless distant hills.",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
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"citation": "Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: cat. no. 226, pp. 303-305",
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"citation": "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.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 386-390",
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