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Source Description
The cloth to wrap the tapestry scroll, <em>Mingling of Clear and Muddy Water at the Junction of the Jing and Wei Rivers, </em><a href="http://clevelandart.org/art/1915.618.a"><u>CMA 1915.618.a</u></a>, features a dragon, emblem of imperial power, on an imperial yellow ground.
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95083
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Wrapper for the Tapestry Scroll Mingling of Clear and Muddy Water at the Junction of the Jing and Wei Rivers
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95083
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Wrapper for the Tapestry Scroll Mingling of Clear and Muddy Water at the Junction of the Jing and Wei Rivers
description
The cloth to wrap the tapestry scroll, <em>Mingling of Clear and Muddy Water at the Junction of the Jing and Wei Rivers, </em><a href="http://clevelandart.org/art/1915.618.a"><u>CMA 1915.618.a</u></a>, features a dragon, emblem of imperial power, on an imperial yellow ground.
date
1736–95
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79476097
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Textile
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warp: 76.2 cm (30 in.); weft: 93.3 cm (36 3/4 in.); Overall: 55.5 x 55 cm (21 7/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
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China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)
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1915.618.b
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Silk and metal thread: tapestry weave, painted with ink and colors
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Wrapper for the Tapestry Scroll Mingling of Clear and Muddy Water at the Junction of the Jing and Wei Rivers, 1736–95. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). Silk and metal thread: tapestry weave, painted with ink and colors; warp: 76.2 cm (30 in.); weft: 93.3 cm (36 3/4 in.); overall: 55.5 x 55 cm (21 7/8 x 21 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.618.b
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Textiles
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39.1915
citations
citation
Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952. Hartford, Conn: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951.
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p. 53
citation
von Spee, Clarissa. “Clear and Muddy Water: Rediscovering a Chinese imperial tapestry scroll.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>58, no. 3 (May/June 2018): 14-15.
page_number
Reproduced: P. 15; Mentioned: P. 14, 15.
citation
Spee, Clarissa von. "From the SIlk Road to the Imperial Court: Chinese Textiles in the Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>Arts of Asia</em> 48, no. 3(May-June 2018): 50-56.
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Reproduced: p. 56, fig. 11
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Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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2026-05-29 05:04:40.973000
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95083
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Textiles
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Textiles
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Silk and metal thread: tapestry weave, painted with ink and colors
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