Description
This is one of a pair of screens showing a group of elite Chinese gentlemen and their servants in the countryside. One man is considering his painting-in-progress. Historically, practicing or admiring painting was considered a skill essential for cultured men in China.
Provenance
(Kochukyo Co., Inc., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1979); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1979–)
Accession Number
1979.46.2
Medium
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and slight color on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 153 x 358.6 cm (60 1/4 x 141 3/16 in.); Mounted: 174 x 378.5 cm (68 1/2 x 149 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund
