Wrapper for the Tapestry Scroll Mingling of Clear and Muddy Water at the Junction of the Jing and Wei Rivers
1736–95
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Wrapper for the Tapestry Scroll Mingling of Clear and Muddy Water at the Junction of the Jing and Wei Rivers, 1736–95. China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign (1736-95). Silk and metal thread: tapestry weave, painted with ink and colors; warp: 76.2 cm (30 in.); weft: 93.3 cm (36 3/4 in.); overall: 55.5 x 55 cm (21 7/8 x 21 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.618.b The cloth to wrap the tapestry scroll, Mingling of Clear and Muddy Water at the Junction of the Jing and Wei Rivers, features a dragon, emblem of imperial power, on an imperial yellow ground.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Silk and metal thread: tapestry weave, painted with ink and colors
- Dimensions
- warp: 76.2 cm (30 in.); weft: 93.3 cm (36 3/4 in.); Overall: 55.5 x 55 cm (21 7/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1915.618.b
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- K'o-ssu: Chinese Silk Tapestry, The Splendor of Chinese Silk – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c, <em>2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving</em>. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 7, 1951-January 27, 1952; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27-March 25, 1952).<em>Chinese Silk Tapestry: K'o-ssu</em>. China House Gallery, China Institute of America, New York, NY (March 24-May 27, 1971).<em>Arts of China from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Mansfield, OH (February 27-April 10, 1983).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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