Drinking in the Moonlight
late 1100s–early 1200s
Medium
Album leaf; ink on silk
Dimensions
33.8 × 39.2 cm · painting: 24.5 × 25 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
Accession Number
1997.89
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About this artwork
Once the moon rises and the wine is finished, perhaps the reclined tipsy gentleman will return to the stone table, where ink, paper, and brush can be seen. For moon enthusiasts in Hangzhou, there was a site named Yue Yan, or Moon Cliff, behind the imperial precincts on Mount Fenghuang. With its geographical features of receding craggy rocks leading to the framed full moon, there is good reason to believe that the scene depicts this specific site. The association of this painting with Ma Yuan is ...