Zhi and Xu's Pure Conversation

Lan Ying (Chinese, 1585-aft 1664)1643

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Title: Zhi and Xu's Pure Conversation
Creator: Lan Ying (Chinese, 1585-aft 1664)
Date Created: 1643
Physical Dimensions: Painting: 141 x 56 cm (55 1/2 x 22 1/16 in.); Overall with knobs: 246 x 80 cm (96 7/8 x 31 1/2 in.)
Provenance: Cheng Qi 程琦 [1911–1988], by descent to his son, Stephen O. K. Chen, Stephen O. K. Chen [20th century], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Painting
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.128
Medium: hanging scroll; ink on paper
Original Title: 支許清言圖
Inscriptions: 六朝多奇人，寄隱玄與釋。支遁許道士，情意合相適。長松古巖下，高譚對終日。大志擲流水，好句聯袂覓。世事世之外，千秋我自識。五雲禪師道古行潔，與世無涉。喜山水，喜文墨。至老神逾王。余與方外交，遂作支許清言圖，乞為開示。蝶叟藍瑛癸未七月杪。, 2 additional seals of Cheng Qi 程琦 (1911–1988)
Department: Chinese Art
Culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Credit Line: Gift of Stephen O. K. Chen
Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Accession Number: 1970.128

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