Detail View: The AMICA Library: Landscape with Daoist Immortals
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1998.148
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Dai, Jin
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Chinese; c.1388-1462 Asia,East Asia,China
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Dai Jin
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Title:
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Landscape with Daoist Immortals
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Title Type:
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preferred
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View:
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full view
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Creation Date:
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Ming Dynasty (1368-1662); mid-15th cen.
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Creation Start Date:
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1425
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Creation End Date:
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1475
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Materials and Techniques:
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Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
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Classification Term:
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Hanging Scroll
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Subject Description:
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Depicts a rustic figure watching two gentlemen playing weiqi under a cliff. most likely depicts the tale of the Han dynasty (206 B.C. - A.D. 222) woodcutter Wang Zhi. One day Wang went into the mountains to find firewood. On his way he encountered twomen playing weiqi, and he asked if he could watch their game. After some time one of the men looked up and remarked that the handle of Wang's axe had rotted away. Astonished, Wang realized that he was in the presence of Daoist immortals, and rushed back to his village, only to find that several hundred years had elapsed in the course of watching the game. Eventually Wang Zhi himself became an immortal. (S. Little, 1999)
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Creation Place:
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Asia,East Asia,China
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Dimensions:
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175.2 x 106.7 cm.
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1998.148
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Russell Tyson, Avery Brundage, and Samuel M. Nickerson Endowment Funds
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E36242.TIF
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