Ma Yuan, Drinking in the Moonlight
Dean Perry, 1997.89 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Ma Yuan

Drinking in the Moonlight

late 1100s–early 1200s

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
Album leaf; ink on silk
Dimensions
24.5 × 25 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-112339

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 stylistically based. However, the brushwork accords more with the aesthetic approach of his son, Ma…

Provenance

Dean Perry, 1997.89

Registry history

  • late 1100s–early 1200s — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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