Poet and Recluse Hanshan
1400s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Poet and Recluse Hanshan, 1400s. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk; painting: 143.5 x 71.8 cm (56 1/2 x 28 1/4 in.); overall with knobs: 280.5 x 90.5 cm (110 7/16 x 35 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi 1991.117 Hanshan, a Tang poet of vernacular verses, is often associated with Chan Buddhism and is considered a deity in disguise.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Painting: 143.5 x 71.8 cm (56 1/2 x 28 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 280.5 x 90.5 cm (110 7/16 x 35 5/8 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1991.117
- Credit Line
- Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi
- Exhibitions
- Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary, Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions, From Caves to Tombs: Chinese Pictorial Rubbings from Stone Reliefs (Chinese art rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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