Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion 16th or 17th century Unidentified artist This painting depicts the famous party held by Wang Xizhi at the Orchid Pavilion in 353, when a group of scholars gathered to write poems and drink wine. Working within the intimate fan format, the artist of this work could not spread the famous stream out as in a handscroll; instead, the men are clustered in the bottom half of the composition as the stream snakes around them. The host of the party sits in the pavilion at right authoring the famous preface that would record the event for Gathering at the
Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion 16th or 17th century Unidentified artist This painting depicts the famous party held by Wang Xizhi at the Orchid Pavilion in 353, when a group of scholars gathered to write poems and drink wine. Working within the intimate fan format, the artist of this work could not spread the famous stream out as in a handscroll; instead, the men are clustered in the bottom half of the composition as the stream snakes around them. The host of the party sits in the pavilion at right authoring the famous preface that would record the event for Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion 51394
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