Landscape with Poet Tao Yuanming (365–472 CE)

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Landscape with Poet Tao Yuanming (365–472 CE)

Date
1200s–1400s
Medium
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
Culture
China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or earlier
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
173659

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Poet Tao Yuanming (365–427 CE) turned down a civil service career in politically turbulent times to write poetry and enjoy his garden. In his poem Drinking Wine , he wrote: "I pluck chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and serenely I gaze at the southern mountains." His desire to leave bureaucratic life for the simplicity and authenticity of nature has deeply resonated with generations of Chinese scholars, making it a popular theme in paintings. The archaic vessels and qin , or seven-stringed zither, on the table allude to the gentleman-scholar’s cultural refinement.

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Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Provenance
? before 1915: Dr. John C Ferguson 福開森 [1866–1945] | H. W. [Henry Watson] Kent [1866–1948] as agent for the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | 1915: John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1915–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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