id: 150902 accession number: 1982.29.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.29.1 updated: 2023-01-11 05:30:47.139000 Li Tieguai, 1300s. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; image: 100.5 x 38.4 cm (39 9/16 x 15 1/8 in.); overall with knobs: 182 x 59.2 cm (71 5/8 x 23 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1982.29.1 title: Li Tieguai title in original language: 李鐵拐 series: series in original language: creation date: 1300s creation date earliest: 1300 creation date latest: 1399 current location: creditline: Edward L. Whittemore Fund copyright: --- culture: China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) technique: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk department: Chinese Art collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Image: 100.5 x 38.4 cm (39 9/16 x 15 1/8 in.); Overall with knobs: 182 x 59.2 cm (71 5/8 x 23 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Inscribed in upper left corner: The universe which has no limit/ Is all collected in the cloth bag/ At the roadside which has no beginning or end/ One floats up to the blue sky. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre opening date: 2010-03-29T00:00:00 La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 29-July 5, 2010). title: Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art (Chinese art rotation) opening date: 2022-05-13T04:00:00 Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art (Chinese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13-November 6, 2022). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Katsuhiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1982 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1982– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Li Tieguai is one of the Eight Daoist immortals. digital description: wall description: It is said that Li Tieguai’s 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—the 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’s ability to send his spirit on journeys. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Delacour, Catherine. La Voie du Tao: un Autre Chemin de L'être : Galeries Nationales, Grand Palais, 29 Mars-5 Juillet 2010. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2010. page number: Mentioned: p. 282; Reproduced: p. 283, cat. no. 73.1 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.29.1/1982.29.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.29.1/1982.29.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.29.1/1982.29.1_full.tif