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Nine Dragon Pool
Mei Qing (Chinese, 1623–1697)1690s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
In the second half of the 1600s, Huangshan 黃山 (Mt. Huang or Yellow Mountain) attracted many visitors and inspired artists like Mei Qing. He probably sketched the Nine Dragon Pool on his second trip to the mountain range in 1690, at the advanced age of 68 <em>sui</em>. This dramatic waterfall has nine curves, each forming an emerald green pool. After heavy rain, the rushing water looks like nine white dragons.
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- Title: Nine Dragon Pool
- Creator: Mei Qing (Chinese, 1623–1697)
- Date Created: 1690s
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 92 x 43.5 cm (36 1/4 x 17 1/8 in.); Overall: 200.7 x 71.1 cm (79 x 28 in.)
- Provenance: Dai Xi 戴煕 [1801–1860], Sakuraki Shun’ichi 櫻木俊一 [early 1900s], (Yabumoto Shogoro 藪本莊五郎 [1900s], Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.50
- Medium: hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
- Inscriptions: 太古蟄龍醒，蠺叢霹靂開。 五溪雲不去，三峽雪飛來。 瞿山, 清。 [印] 梅清; 淵公, 2 additional seals: 1 of Dai Xi 戴煕 (1801–1860); 1 unidentified.
- Fun Fact: Huangshan 黃山 is a UNESCO World Heritage site known for its spectacular rocky peaks, sea of clouds, oddly shaped pine trees, and hot springs.
- Department: Chinese Art
- Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
- Accession Number: 1979.50
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