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Traveling on a Raft
(China )
Chang Ch'ien, a minister of the 2nd century BC., is said to have sailed up the Yellow River, past the paradise of the Queen Mother of the West, and ultimately to the Milky Way. The 8th-century poet Li Po was later thought to have made a similar journey, and it is he who may be shown here, with a book in his lap.
Provenance
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Dr. John C. Ferguson [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John C. Ferguson Sale, American Art Association, New York, April 7, 1916, no. 234; Henry Walters, Baltimore, April 7, 1916, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H of silk only: 7 5/16 x W: 8 in. (18.5 x 20.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1916
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
35.94