The Lanting Gathering, first half 19th century, Yokoyama Kazan, Japanese, 1784 - 1837, 65 1/16 × 140 in. ( × cm) (image)72 1/8 × 147 1/4 × 3/4 in. ( × × cm) (mount), Ink and color on gold leaf, Japan, 19th century, In late spring of 353, the celebrated Chinese calligrapher Wang Xizhi (303–361) invited forty-one scholars to a purification ceremony at the Orchid Pavilion (Chin. Lant-ing) near Shaoxing in Zhejiang Province

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