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Friday, March 24, 2006
The Elegant Gathering: The Yeh Family Collection
Asian Art Museum (San Francisco): Part I: March 24–June 25 , 2006
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“Yaji,” or ‘elegant gathering,’ refers to a tradition among members of China’s intellectual elite who would informally gather to “debate with art rather than words.” The Elegant Gathering features 80 superb masterworks of Chinese calligraphy and painting carefully drawn together by generations of the fascinating Yeh family—scholars, statesmen, and passionate practitioners of the yaji tradition. ... |
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Orchard Pavilion Preface (Lanting xu) in cursive script (caoshu) (detail), dated 1629, by Gui Changshi (1574–1645). China, another source 1573–1644, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Handscroll, ink on paper. Gift of the Yeh Family Collection, R2002.49.36.A |
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