Li Tieguai; Liu Haichan
1300s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Li Tieguai; Liu Haichan, 1300s. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk; overall: 106 x 38.6 cm (41 3/4 x 15 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1982.29 Li Tieguai walks with an iron crutch, while Liu Haichan is depicted with a three-legged frog.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 106 x 38.6 cm (41 3/4 x 15 3/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Li Tieguai painting inscribed in the upper left corner: The universe which has no limit/ Is all collected in the cloth bag/ At the roadside which has no beginning or end/ One floats up to the blue sky. Inscription: Liu Haichan painting inscribed in the upper right corner: The old tree has its green shrouded in mist/ In the depth of the mountain the moon is bright/ By no means could the eyes of the dusty world/ Understand these particular feelings. Shan-yüeh tao-jen. [seal] Shan-yüeh (?)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1982.29
- Credit Line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1982, Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection, La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre, Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art (Chinese art rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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