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"tombstone": "Li Tieguai; Liu Haichan (\u674e\u9435\u62d0; \u5289\u6d77\u87fe), 1300s. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk; overall: 106 x 38.6 cm (41 3/4 x 15 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1982.29",
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"title": "Li Tieguai; Liu Haichan",
"title_in_original_language": "\u674e\u9435\u62d0; \u5289\u6d77\u87fe",
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"technique": "Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk",
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"department": "Chinese Art",
"collection": "ASIAN - Hanging scroll",
"type": "Painting",
"measurements": "Overall: 106 x 38.6 cm (41 3/4 x 15 3/16 in.)",
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"inscription": "Li Tieguai painting inscribed in the upper left corner:\n\nThe universe which has no limit \nIs all collected in the cloth bag \nAt the roadside which has no beginning or end \nOne floats up to the blue sky.",
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"inscription": "Liu Haichan painting inscribed in the upper right corner:\n\nThe old tree has its green shrouded in mist \nIn the depth of the mountain the moon is bright \nBy no means could the eyes of the dusty world \nUnderstand these particular feelings. \n\nShan-y\u00fceh tao-jen.\n[seal] Shan-y\u00fceh (?)",
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"id": 309644,
"title": "The Year in Review for 1982",
"description": "The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).",
"opening_date": "1983-01-05T05:00:00"
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{
"id": 311446,
"title": "Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection",
"description": "Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).",
"opening_date": "1991-09-17T04:00:00"
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{
"id": 219741,
"title": "La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre",
"description": "La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 29-July 5, 2010).",
"opening_date": "2010-03-29T00:00:00"
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{
"id": 445574,
"title": "Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art",
"description": "Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13-November 6, 2022).",
"opening_date": "2022-05-13T04:00:00"
}
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"description": "(Katsuhiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)",
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"date": "?\u20131982",
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"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH",
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"date": "1982\u2013",
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"did_you_know": "Li Tieguai walks with an iron crutch, while Liu Haichan is depicted with a three-legged frog.",
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"description": "This pair of hanging scrolls show the Daoist immortals Li Tieguai and Liu Haichan.
It is said that Li Tieguai\u2019s ethereal self visited the deified Laozi but when he returned, he found that his own body was burned. He had to inhabit the corpse of a person who used a crutch to walk, and thus gained his name Tieguai\u2014the Iron Crutch. The painting depicts Li Tieguai after he took possession of the body, with the iron staff in his hand. As Li exhales, he blows a small Li Tieguai in the air, showing the immortal\u2019s ability to send his spirit on journeys.
Liu Haichan is often shown as a young man wearing bangs across his forehead. He was said to have lived during the Five Dynasties period (907\u2013979) and left his position as a grand councilor to become a hermit. Usually depicted carrying a string of coins and accompanied by a three-legged toad, Liu Haichan became a god of wealth and his toad symbolizes wealth as well. In this scroll, Liu is teasing the three-legged toad with a string of coins tied to his waist",
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"citation": "Lee, Sherman E. \u201cYear in Review for 1982.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 1 (January 1983): 3\u201355.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: no. 114, p. 54",
"url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159799"
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"citation": "Delacour, Catherine. La Voie du Tao: un Autre Chemin de L'e\u0302tre: Galeries Nationales, Grand Palais, 29 Mars-5 Juillet 2010. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2010.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: pp. 280 and 282; Reproduced: pp. 281 and 283, cat. no. 72.1 and 72.2",
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