id:			357163
accession number:	2019.167
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.167
updated:		2024-03-26 02:02:07.737000

Road to Shu, 1743. Yuan Yao (Chinese, active mid-1700s). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; painting only: 187 x 256.5 cm (73 5/8 x 101 in.); overall with knobs: 270 x 284 cm (106 5/16 x 111 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2019.167

title:				Road to Shu
title in original language:	蜀栈行旅图
series:				
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creation date:			1743
creation date earliest:		1743
creation date latest:		1743
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Yuan Yao (Chinese, active mid-1700s)  - artist
Chinese painter, active mid-1700s
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measurements: Painting only: 187 x 256.5 cm (73 5/8 x 101 in.); Overall with knobs: 270 x 284 cm (106 5/16 x 111 13/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	artist's seals:  yuan yao shi yin 袁耀 之印, zhao dao shi 昭道 氏
two collector’s seals: jin ju and illegible
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	inscription:	Shu han xinglü //shi guihai xia //Hanshang Yuan Yao hua//
蜀椷行旅时癸亥夏- 邗上 袁耀 画
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		When Salt was Gold: Yangzhou, City of Riches and Art (Chinese art rotation)
	opening date:   2023-05-12T04:00:00
	<i>When Salt was Gold: Yangzhou, City of Riches and Art (Chinese art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 12-November 5, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Poly Art Auctions, Beijing, China, 31 May 2007 sale)
	date: May 31, 2007
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	(Beijing Council International Auction Co., Ltd., "Classical Chinese Paintings," 5 December 2010, lot 0998, sold to the Moss Gallery)
	date: December 5, 2010
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	(Sydney L. Moss, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2010-2019
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	(Offered at Sotheby’s New York, Fine Classical Chinese Painting & Calligraphy, 20 March 2014, lot 565. Unsold.)
	date: March 20, 2014
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2019-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Sotheby's New York. <em>Fine classical Chinese paintings &amp; calligraphy</em>. 20 March 2014.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Lot 565
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	Von Spee, Clarissa. “Acquisitions 2019.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>60, no. 2 (March/April 2020): 8-11.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 8–9; Mentioned: P. 10, 11.
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	Griswold, William M. “Recent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>Burlington Magazine </em>163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93-104.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 102-103, no. 20; mentioned: p. 93
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