Mt. Dong (Grotto Mountain)
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Not on view at present
Where is “Mt. Dong (Grotto Mountain)” now? Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
This album of landscape paintings depicts the famous scenic areas located in and around the city of Wuxing in southeastern China. These places were all known for their natural beauty, but in addition, a number were distinguished by their links to eminent historical figures and events. The artist, Song Xu, was not a native of Wuxing, but must have visited it when he accepted the commission, for he carefully depicted all eighteen views and wrote comments on each of them.
Song's gazetteer-like notation on this leaf reads:
Grotto Mountain: Five li northwest of Hexi, there are two streams converging; Hexi (literally converging streams) is derived from this. The cave can hold a hundred people.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Details
- Accession number
- 1998.78.5
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
