Zhongli Quan Crossing the Ocean — Zhao Qi (Chinese, active early 1500s) — The Cleveland Museum of Art · Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund · CC0. Museum object record ↗

Painting study · Ink painting

Zhongli Quan Crossing the Ocean1368–1644 · Study 1976.13

Zhao Qi (Chinese, active early 1500s)
1368–1644

Recorded as Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, this vertical work measures 57.5 × 135 cm using the museum’s image dimensions. Explore the museum’s context and compare the format with a wall of your choice.

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Context from the museum

Here, Zhongli Quan is crossing the ocean. He is one of the Eight Immortals ( baxian ), a group of popular Daoist figures who understood the way of life and could transform into otherworldly beings. Zhongli Quan is usually depicted as a scholar with a big belly seen through his partially open robe. The artist used expressive brushwork to depict the immortal’s fluttering robe and the roaring waves, skillfully creating a sense of movement. This scroll may have been one of a set depicting the Eight Immortals. Although the painting has no signature or seal, its style supports an attribution to the Ming dynasty painter Zhao Qi.

Museum description reproduced from its CC0 open-access record. Read the original catalog entry.

A detail to notice

Zhongli Quan wears a girdle of leaves, a common Daoist immortal-recluse attribute.

Observation supplied by the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Read the dimensions before the image

The selected image measurement for Zhongli Quan Crossing the Ocean is 57.5 cm wide and 135 cm high, equivalent to approximately 22.6 × 53.1 inches. Dividing width by height gives a format ratio of 0.43:1. The rectangular bounding area is 0.78 square meters; it describes the measured footprint, not the amount of paint or the monetary value.

On an illustrative 300 cm wall, the recorded width occupies 19.2% of the span before adding a frame. A centered placement leaves approximately 121.3 cm on each side before adding a frame. These are calculations by Physical Art For Crypto using museum measurements. They are not the museum’s display recommendations.

Questions to bring to your own collection

With Zhongli Quan Crossing the Ocean in view, identify one feature you can point to, then distinguish what the museum records from your personal response. Keep its medium, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, in your notes when comparing contemporary works.

Which part of this vertical composition catches your eye first?
Would a 57.5 cm width still suit the space after allowing for furniture and a frame?
What surface detail would you need to see in person or in a close photograph?

Explore physical scale

How large would this format feel on your wall?

Use this museum work’s recorded format as a reference. Adjust a blank wall and optional frame allowance to compare proportions. The museum painting is an educational reference and is not for sale here.

Units

Wall width (cm)

Wall height (cm)

Frame each side (cm)

19.2%of wall width, including allowance

57.5 × 135.0 cmmodeled outside dimensions

Within the entered wall dimensions121.3 cm each side when centered

Calculation: outside width = recorded width + twice your frame allowance. This is a proportion study, not an installation assessment. It excludes furniture, hardware, load capacity, depth and delivery clearance. The display image may include margins absent from the recorded measurement.

Compare formats with the studio collection

These Lei-Kol works have the closest width-to-height ratios in the current catalog. This is a geometry comparison, not a claim of artistic similarity, equivalent value, or association with the museum artist.