Purification at the Orchid Pavilion

1671

Fan Yi

Fan Yi (Chinese, c. 1615-before 1688)

Chinese Art

Purification at the Orchid Pavilion, 1671. Fan Yi (Chinese, c. 1615-before 1688). Handscroll, ink and color on silk; image: 28.4 x 392.8 cm (11 3/16 x 154 5/8 in.); overall: 29.8 x 763.3 cm (11 3/4 x 300 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Wai-kam Ho and the Womens Council of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1977.47 The gathering’s host is in the Orchid Pavilion at the end of the scroll, representing an episode known as “Wang Xizhi Watching the Geese 王羲之觀鵝圖.”

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Fan Yi
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: handscroll, ink and color on silk
Medium: handscroll, ink, color, silk
Dimensions: Image: 28.4 x 392.8 cm (11 3/16 x 154 5/8 in.); Overall: 29.8 x 763.3 cm (11 3/4 x 300 1/2 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Artist's inscription, signature, and 2 seals: Painted by Fan Yi of Zhongfu during the second month of winter of the xinhai year [1671]. [2 seals] Fan Yi zhi yin, Zi yu yi. Inscription: Title on the frontispiece by Monk Yueshan (1629-1709). Inscription: 3 colophons and 13 additional seals: 1 colophon, dated 1707, and 6 seals of Yueshan; 2 colophons and 3 seals of Wong Kwan-Shut (Huang Junshi) 黃君實 (b. 1934); 2 seals of Fu Shen 傅申 (b. 1937); 2 seals of Tessai Tomioka 富岡鐵齋 (1836-1924).
Departments: Chinese Art
Accession Number: 1977.47
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Wai-kam Ho and the Womens Council of The Cleveland Museum of Art
Exhibitions: Year in Review: 1977, Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques, Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c), <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</em>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 122)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23-October 27, 2003).
Rights Statement: CC0