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accession number:	1970.128
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Zhi and Xu's Pure Conversation, 1643. Lan Ying (Chinese, 1585–after 1664). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; painting: 141 x 56 cm (55 1/2 x 22 1/16 in.); overall with knobs: 246 x 80 cm (96 7/8 x 31 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Stephen O. K. Chen 1970.128

title:				Zhi and Xu's Pure Conversation
title in original language:	支許清言圖
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creation date:			1643
creation date earliest:		1643
creation date latest:		1643
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creditline:			Gift of Stephen O. K. Chen
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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink on paper
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Lan Ying (Chinese, 1585–after 1664)  - artist

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measurements: Painting: 141 x 56 cm (55 1/2 x 22 1/16 in.); Overall with knobs: 246 x 80 cm (96 7/8 x 31 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	六朝多奇人，寄隱玄與釋。/
支遁許道士，情意合相適。/
長松古巖下，高譚對終日。/
大志擲流水，好句聯袂覓。/
世事世之外，千秋我自識。

五雲禪師道古行潔，與世無涉。喜山水，喜文
墨。至老神逾王。余與方外交，遂作支許清言
圖，乞為開示。 

蝶叟藍瑛癸未七月杪。
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	inscription:	2 additional seals of Cheng Qi 程琦 (1911–1988)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1970
	opening date:   1971-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1970</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

	title:		The Colors of Ink
	opening date:   1974-01-10T04:00:00
	<i>The Colors of Ink</i>. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974).

	title:		Conversations: Past and Present in Asia and America
	opening date:   2016-08-30T04:00:00
	<i>Conversations: Past and Present in Asia and America</i>. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (organizer) (August 30-December 23, 2016).

	title:		China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
	opening date:   2023-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</em>. 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).', 'opening_date': '1980-11-07T05:00:00Z'}

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 12, 2003-July 16, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-03-12T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	Cheng Qi 程琦 [1911–1988], by descent to his son, Stephen O. K. Chen
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	Stephen O. K. Chen [20th century], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1970
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1970-
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CITATIONS

	Cheng, Qi 程琦. <em>Xuanhuitang shuhua lu </em>[萱暉堂書畫錄 = Paintings and calligraphy in the collection of Hsüan-hui-tʻang]. Hong Kong: Xuanhuitang, 1972.
	page number: 	Reproduced: II, 117(b)-118(a)
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	Lee, Sherman E. <em>The Colors of Ink: Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [New York]: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1974.
	page number: 	Published: cat. no. 34
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	Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 196, pp. 252-253
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	Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. <em>Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 321-323
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