The Lantern Night Excursion of Zhong Kui
late 1200s-early 1300s
Yan Hui
Yan Hui (Chinese, active 1270–1310)
Chinese Art
The Lantern Night Excursion of Zhong Kui, late 1200s-early 1300s. Yan Hui (Chinese, active 1270–1310). Handscroll; ink and slight color on silk; image: 24.8 x 240.3 cm (9 3/4 x 94 5/8 in.); overall: 25.7 x 904.4 cm (10 1/8 x 356 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1961.206 Zhong Kui was an ancient ghostbuster.
- Maker/Artist
- Yan Hui
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- handscroll; ink and slight color on silk
- Medium
- handscroll, ink, slight, color, silk
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.8 x 240.3 cm (9 3/4 x 94 5/8 in.); Overall: 25.7 x 904.4 cm (10 1/8 x 356 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Artist's signature [and probable seal]: Yan Qiuyue 顏秋月 Title on frontispiece and 1 seal of Niu Shuyu 鈕樹玉 (1760-1827): Qiuyue mohuan 秋月墨幻 [Qiuyue's Ink Fantasy]. 31 additional seals: 2 of Yang Shiqi 楊士奇 (1365-1444); 2 of An Guo 安國 (1481-1534); 8 of Xiang Yuanbian 項元汴 (1525-1590); 2 of Geng Zhaozhong 耿昭忠 (1640-1686); 4 of Pu Tung 溥侗 (1870-1952); 7 of Tan Jing 譚敬 (1911-1991); 1 of Liu Ting-chih (20th c.); 5 unidentified. Inscription: An inscription by Zizhi Shanren 紫芝山人 [probably Jiang Hui 蔣惠], dated 1389 Inscription: An inscription by Wu Kuan 吳寬 (1436–1504)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1961.206
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei, Year in Review (1961), The Colors of Ink, Looking East: Yuan Dynasty Paintings, Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques, Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, The Twain Shall Meet, Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China, Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection, Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Masterpieces of Early Chinese Painting and Calligraphy in American Collections, Silent Poetry: Masterworks of Chinese Painting, <em>Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 24, 1968)., <em>Looking East</em>. The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH (1976)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 122)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23-October 27, 2003).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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