id:			160141
accession number:	1997.99
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The Nine Elders of the Mountain of Fragrance, 1426–52. Attributed to Xie Huan (Chinese, c. 1370-c.1450). Handscroll, ink and color on silk; painting: 29.4 x 148.9 cm (11 9/16 x 58 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1997.99

title:				The Nine Elders of the Mountain of Fragrance
title in original language:	香山九老圖
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creation date:			1426–52
creation date earliest:		1426
creation date latest:		1452
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creditline:			Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	handscroll, ink and color on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Handscroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Xie Huan (Chinese, c. 1370-c.1450)  - artist

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measurements: Painting: 29.4 x 148.9 cm (11 9/16 x 58 5/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	4 seals: 2 of Xiang Yuanbian 項元汴 (1525–1590); 1 of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736-95); 1 of C. C. Wang 王季遷 (1907–2003)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Artist as Collector:  Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the C.C. Wang Family Collection
	opening date:   1999-09-03T00:00:00
	<i>The Artist as Collector:  Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the C.C. Wang Family Collection</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 3, 1999-January 9, 2000).

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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'}

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PROVENANCE

	Xiang Yuanbian 項元汴 [1525–1590], Jiaxing, China
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	The Qianlong Emperor, reigned 1736–95, Beijing, China
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	C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY
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	Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry [1911–1996], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ? before 1980–1997
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1997–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 155-156, cat. no. 133
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	<em>Annual Report 1997</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 44
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	Smith, Judith G., and Wen Fong. <em>Issues of Authenticity in Chinese Painting</em>. New York: Dept. of Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 252, fig. 27 and p. 252, fig. 28
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	Yang, Kathleen 楊凱琳, and Chi-chʻien Wang 王季遷. <em>Through a Chinese connoisseur's eye: private notes of C.C. Wang</em> 王季遷讀書筆記. Beijing: Zhong hua shu ju, 2010.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 310, no. 27
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	Ji'nan, Yin. " Politics or Entertainment? Examining Jiangxi Scholar Officials and Zhejiang Painters through the Lens of the Elegant Gathering in the Apricot Garden." In <em>Ming China: Courts and Contacts, 1400-1450. </em>Craig Clunas, Jessica Harrison-Hall, and Yu Ping Luk., eds., p. 102-103. London: The British Museum, 2016.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 102-103
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