Road to Shu

The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund

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Road to Shu

1743

ArtistYuan Yao (Chinese, active mid-1700s)

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Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Painting only: 187 x 256.5 cm (73 5/8 x 101 in.); Overall with knobs: 270 x 284 cm (106 5/16 x 111 13/16 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Origin: China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: John L. Severance Fund

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Provenance

Public

May 31, 2007

(Poly Art Auctions, Beijing, China, 31 May 2007 sale)

December 5, 2010

(Beijing Council International Auction Co., Ltd., "Classical Chinese Paintings," 5 December 2010, lo...

2010–2019

(Sydney L. Moss, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

March 20, 2014

(Offered at Sotheby’s New York, Fine Classical Chinese Painting & Calligraphy, 20 March 2014, lot 56...

2019–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

(Poly Art Auctions, Beijing, China, 31 May 2007 sale) (Beijing Council International Auction Co., Ltd., "Classical Chinese Paintings," 5 December 2010, lot 0998, sold to the Moss Gallery) (Sydney L. Moss, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (Offered at Sotheby’s New York, Fine Classical Chinese Painting & Calligraphy, 20 March 2014, lot 565. Unsold.) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

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When Salt was Gold: Yangzhou, City of Riches and Art

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When Salt was Gold: Yangzhou, City of Riches and Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 12-November 5, 2023).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Few works by the Yuan workshops in Yangzhou present a continuous composition of such monumental scale as this hanging scroll. <em>Road to Shu</em> (in Sichuan province) depicts the trade of goods over long distances and through mountainous terrain. Busy travelers lead mules over footbridges, mountain paths wind along steep slopes, and soaring bridges connect peaks divided by deep gorges. <br><br>The Yuan studios produced paintings to decorate the residences of wealthy Yangzhou salt merchants and princely palaces. The title <em>Road to Shu </em>refers to the historical drama of the flight of Tang emperor Xuanzong (reigned 712–56) to Sichuan in the aftermath of the An Lushan Rebellion (755–63). At the same time, the scenery alludes to Anhui, the mountainous native country of many of the salt merchants and their trade routes in northern parts of the empire.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 5 structured provenance events · 1 structured exhibitions.

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