Lüshan Hui

Description

This album of landscape paintings depicts the famous scenic areas located in and around the city of Wuxing in southeastern China. These places were all known for their natural beauty, but in addition, a number were distinguished by their links to eminent historical figures and events. The artist, Song Xu, was not a native of Wuxing, but must have visited it when he accepted the commission, for he carefully depicted all eighteen views and wrote comments on each of them.

Song's gazetteer-like notation on this leaf reads:
Lüshan hui [Mount Lü corridor]: Its name stems from Lü Meng (178–219 CE), who camped here. It is a place in the Bian Mountain range. To get to the capital of (Wuxing) prefecture, one must follow through there.

Provenance

(Kaikodo America Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1998); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1998–)

Lüshan Hui

Song Xu

c. 1588

Accession Number

1998.78.15

Medium

Album leaf; ink and color on silk

Dimensions

Sheet: 26.4 x 28.4 cm (10 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund