Listening to the Qin

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Listening to the Qin

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Date
late 1400s–early 1500s
Medium
hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
Culture
China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
149073

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The painting alludes to a legendary incident from the life of Ji Kang 嵇康 (AD 223–262), a guqin player who belonged to a group of 3rd-century eccentric intellectuals. Ji Kang is known as the author of a Guangling San (廣陵散; Melody from Guangling), a composition for the guqin so haunting that it aroused spirits to visit him. The painting depicts the moment when one of the spirits––disguised as a human––is helped by another to emerge from the ground, while others are drawn to the musician playing in his cottage under the full moon. The painting is mounted in a Japanese-style three-tier format with futai.

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Credit line
Gift of Herbert F. Leisy in memory of his wife, Helen Stamp Leisy
Provenance
(Howard C. Hollis [1899–1985], Cleveland, OH, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Leisy) | ?–1977: Mr. Herbert F. [1900–1977] and Mrs. Helen Stamp Leisy [1906–1975], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1977–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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