id:			147976
accession number:	1974.72
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.72
updated:		2023-09-19 11:02:25.430000

Gathering at Lanting (Orchid Pavilion), 1400s–1500s. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Carved cinnabar-red lacquer; overall: 48.5 x 21 cm (19 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1974.72

title:				Gathering at Lanting (Orchid Pavilion)
title in original language:	Purification at the Orchid Pavilion
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creation date:			1400s–1500s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1599
current location:		003 Special Exhibition Hall
creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	Carved cinnabar-red lacquer
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Lacquer
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 48.5 x 21 cm (19 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	大明宣德年製
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	inscription:	F. M. Mayer Christie's 24/5 June '74. 123
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1974
	opening date:   1975-03-11T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1974</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).

	title:		Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques
	opening date:   1981-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 7-April 5, 1981).

	title:		Visions of Landscape: East and West
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>Visions of Landscape: East and West</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

	title:		Scholar's Studio
	opening date:   1989-09-19T04:00:00
	<i>Scholar's Studio</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989).

	title:		Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c)
	opening date:   2017-02-11T05:00:00
	<i>Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 13, 2017).

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

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Arts of China from The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (February 27-April 10, 1983).

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PROVENANCE

	Frederick M. Mayer [1899–1974], New York, NY, consigned to Christie's for sale
	date: ?–1974
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	(Christie's, London, England, June 24–25, 1974 sale, lot no. 123, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: June 24–25, 1974
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1974–
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fun fact:
A stylized wave pattern represents water; land areas are covered in an overall diamond pattern.

digital description:


wall description:
This lacquer panel, perhaps part of a piece of furniture, depicts the Gathering at Lanting in 353 CE that took place during the Spring Purification Festival, a day spent traditionally outside in nature. Here, cups of wine are set afloat on a winding stream as part of a poetry competition among the attendants. <br><br>By the Ming dynasty the painting theme Gathering at Lanting also appeared on lacquer, jade, and porcelain. The main figure and central motif, <em>Calligrapher Wang Xizhi Watching Geese</em>, has been moved toward the upper register of the composition.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Christie, Manson &amp; Woods, London. <em>The Frederick M. Mayer Collection of Chinese Art</em>. June 24–25, 1974 sale. Lot 123.
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	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1974.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 62, no. 3 (March 1975): 62–102.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no 183, p. 103
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152580

	“Annual Report for 1974.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 62, no. 6 (June 1975): 175–209.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 189
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152593

	Williams, Marjorie. <em>Chinese Painting--an Escape from the "Dusty" World</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 27, p. 43
	url:		

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IMAGES

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