Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion

Creator Name

Qian Gu

Cultural Context

China

Date

1560

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

About the work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Handscroll

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Title

Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion

Creator

Qian Gu, Chinese, 1508–ca. 1578, Artist

Worktype

Paintings

Cultural Context

China

Material

Handscroll; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

Image: 9 1/2 x 171 1/2 in. (24.1 x 435.6 cm) Overall with mounting: 9 3/4 x 491 3/8 in. (24.8 x 1248.1 cm);
height: 24.765centimetre;
width: 1248.095centimetre;
height: 24.13centimetre;
width: 435.6109centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

1560

Provenance

Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1980

Style Period

Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Landscapes; Men

Topic

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Qian Gu, Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion, 1560, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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