Drinking in the Moonlight

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Drinking in the Moonlight

Ma YuanLinkedCulture matchlcp-35a72e795d04

Date
late 1100s–early 1200s
Medium
Album leaf; ink on silk
Culture
China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
160128

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Once the moon rises and the wine is finished, perhaps the reclined tipsy gentleman will return to the stone table, where ink, paper, and brush can be seen. For moon enthusiasts in Hangzhou, there was a site named Yue Yan, or Moon Cliff, behind the imperial precincts on Mount Fenghuang. With its geographical features of receding craggy rocks leading to the framed full moon, there is good reason to believe that the scene depicts this specific site. The association of this painting with Ma Yuan is stylistically based. However, the brushwork accords more with the aesthetic approach of his son, Ma Lin. The gentleman depicted is relaxing with a cup of wine in his hand.

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Credit line
Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
Provenance
Cheng Qi 程琦 [1911–1988] | C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY | by 1980–1997: Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry [1911–1996], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1997–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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