Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Listening to the Qin

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Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Listening to the Qin

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Date
1745
Medium
album leaf; ink and light color on paper
Culture
China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
151027

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The figure in pink is playing a qin , a seven-stringed zither. The sound of the musical instrument symbolizes the harmony between humanity and nature; literati are often depicted playing qin in landscape settings.

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Credit line
Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund
Provenance
?–1982: (Frank Caro [1904–1980], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1982–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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