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Zhao Mengfu Writing the Heart (Hridaya) Sutra in Exchange for Tea
Qiu YingLinkedCulture matchlcp-2944f4c6ae0c
- Date
- 1542–43
- Medium
- handscroll, ink and light color on paper
- Culture
- China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 138688
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
The Yuan dynasty calligrapher Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322) is said to have transcribed the Heart Sutra for a certain priest named Li in exchange for tea. Later, during the Ming dynasty, the professional painter Qiu Ying from Suzhou painted this scene for his patron. Here, Zhao Mengfu holds a brush and has a piece of paper laid out before him. On the table is an ink stone, an ink stick, and a small water dropper. Drops of water would dissolve the ink stick into liquid ink when it was ground on the flat square stone. Qiu Ying was born to a peasant family, but his natural talent led him to a successful career as a professional painter with wealthy patrons.
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- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Provenance
- ?–1963: (Wan-go H. C. Weng 翁萬戈 [1918–2020], Lyme, NH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1963–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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