Artist unknown / Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Poets at the Lan T'ing Pavilion / 1784

Artist unknown
Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Poets at the Lan T'ing Pavilion
1784
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Creator Name: Unknown
Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Role: Sculptor
Creator Name-CRT: Artist unknown
Title: Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Poets at the Lan T'ing Pavilion
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1784
Creation End Date: 1784
Creation Date: 1784
Object Type: Sculpture
Classification Term: mountain
Materials and Techniques: Jade
Dimensions: H.22-1/2 x W.38-3/8 in.
Inscriptions: Inscriptions, seals
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 92.103.13
Credit Line: The John R. Van Derlip Fund and Gift of the Thomas Barlow Walker Foundation
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

This mountain, apparently the largest piece of historic carved jade outside of China, was commissioned in 1784 by the Ch'ien-lung emperor (1736-95) whose own poem appears carved on the backside. The front displays a longer verse, the Lan T'ing Su ("Prelude to the Orchid Pavilion"), a famous poem composed in 353 by Wang Hsi-chi, perhaps the greatest calligrapher of the Far East. The occasion for the poem is illustrated by this jade carving, a literary gathering of poets and scholars organized by Wang at Lan-t'ing, the Orchid Pavilion. Several literati can be seen writing, drinking wine, and collating texts near the Orchid Pavilion at the foot of Mt. Hui-chi.

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AMICA ID: MIA_.92.103.13
Component Measured: overall
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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