The Ninth Day Literary Gathering at Xing’an [Temporary Retreat]
1743
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1743
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Ninth Day Literary Gathering at Xing’an [Temporary Retreat] is a 1743 unspecified by Fang Shishu, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a long handscroll filled with scholars in silk robes, sipping tea under pine trees while servants carry scrolls and ink stones. This painting marks a real party in 1743, thrown by two rich brothers in Yangzhou. The brothers paid for flood relief, so the emperor sent them a thank-you letter—you can spot it rolled up on the table. Look up more paintings of china, qing dynasty (1644-1911) to see how artists showed these garden parties.
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