The Ninth Day Literary Gathering at Xing’an [Temporary Retreat]
![The Ninth Day Literary Gathering at Xing’an [Temporary Retreat] by Fang Shishu (Chinese, 1693–1751)](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/cleveland/thumb/the-ninth-day-literary-gathering-at-xing-an-temporary-cleveland-149684.webp)
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
33.5 × 893 cm · image: 32.4 × 201.2 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Accession Number
1979.72
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
By the 1700s, Yangzhou was flourishing both economically and culturally as the most prosperous city in China, having surpassed all other Jiangnan cities in their creation of gardens. This group portrait commemorates a literary gathering in the private garden of the salt merchants and art patrons Ma Yueguan (1688–1755) and his brother Ma Yuelu (1697–after 1766) in Yangzhou. Ma Yueguan received imperial recognition for providing financial aid and food relief for those affected by flood and drought...