id:			160738
accession number:	1998.78.6
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.78.6
updated:		2023-08-23 23:45:18.245000

Eighteen Views of Huzhou: Yutai Peak (Jade Terrace Peak), c. 1588. Song Xu (Chinese, 1525-c. 1606). Album leaf; ink and color on silk; sheet: 26.4 x 28.4 cm (10 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1998.78.6

title:				Yutai Peak (Jade Terrace Peak)
title in original language:	玉臺峰
series:				Eighteen Views of Huzhou
series in original language:	湖州十八景圖
creation date:			c. 1588
creation date earliest:		1583
creation date latest:		1593
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creditline:			The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	China, Jiaxing, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	Album leaf; ink and color on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Album leaf
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Song Xu (Chinese, 1525-c. 1606)  - artist
Song Xu (宋旭, 1525–c. 1606), was a versatile Chinese painter active in northern Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces. He was skilled in landscapes, boundary paintings (界畫, paintings of architecture), figure painting, and Buddhist painting. Although born a commoner, he also cultivated the literati arts of poetry and calligraphy. He studied Chan Buddhism and eventually became a Buddhist priest himself.
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measurements: Sheet: 26.4 x 28.4 cm (10 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Main Asian Gallery Rotation (Gallery 122)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23-October 27, 2003).

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PROVENANCE

	(Kaikodo America Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1998
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1998–
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wall description:
This album of landscape paintings depicts the famous scenic areas located in and around the city of Wuxing in southeastern China. The artist, Song Xu, was not a native of that city, but must have visited it when he accepted the commission, for he carefully depicted all eighteen views and wrote comments on each of them. These places were all known for their natural beauty, but in addition, a number were distingusihed by their links to eminent historical figures and events. Unlike other artists of his time, Song Xu favored a painting style that was technically polished and focused attention on specific, realistic details. Such an approach was well suited to projects like this one, for which the artist was in great demand.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. <em>Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 287-295
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IMAGES

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