The Lanting Gathering, first half 19th century, Yokoyama Kazan, Japanese, 1784 - 1837, 65 1/16 ¡Ñ 140 in. (165.26 ¡Ñ 355.6 cm) (image)72 1/8 ¡Ñ 147 1/4 ¡Ñ 3/4 in. (183.2 ¡Ñ 374.02 ¡Ñ 1.91 cm) (mount), Ink and color on gold leaf, Japan, 19th century, In late spring of 353, the celebrated Chinese calligrapher Wang Xizhi (303¡V361) invited forty-one scholars to a purification ceremony at the Orchid Pavilion (Chin. Lant-ing) near Shaoxing in Zhejiang Province.