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Gathering at Lanting (Orchid Pavilion)
The collection record classifies this work as lacquer. It is dated 1400s–1500s. Recorded culture or place: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).
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- Museum title
- Gathering at Lanting (Orchid Pavilion)
- Date
- 1400s–1500s
- Culture / origin
- China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Materials and technique
- Carved cinnabar-red lacquer
- Dimensions
- Overall: 48.5 x 21 cm (19 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1974.72
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This lacquer panel, perhaps part of a piece of furniture, depicts the Gathering at Lanting in 353 CE that took place during the Spring Purification Festival, a day spent traditionally outside in nature. Here, cups of wine are set afloat on a winding stream as part of a poetry competition among the attendants.
By the Ming dynasty the painting theme Gathering at Lanting also appeared on lacquer, jade, and porcelain. The main figure and central motif, Calligrapher Wang Xizhi Watching Geese, has been moved toward the upper register of the composition.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund · CC0
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