Lantingji Xu scroll (Shenlong version)
between circa 627 and circa 650, copy of a 4th century (c. 353) original
- Classification
- Painting
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- 故宫博物院
- Rights
- Public domain, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
Throughout Chinese history many copies were made of Wang Xizhi's famous work Lantingji Xu, which described the beauty of the landscape around the Orchid Pavilion and the get-together of Wang Xizhi and his friends. The original is lost. Some believed that the original was buried with Emperor Taizong of Tang in his mausoleum. This Tang Dynasty copy by Feng Chengsu (馮承素) is considered the best of all the extant copies. It is located in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
