Zhi and Xu's Pure Conversation

Lan Ying

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a Chinese landscape painting titled "Zhi and Xu's Pure Conversation" by Lan Ying. The painting features a vertically oriented landscape with a large pine tree on the right foreground and a body of water on the left. The pine tree has a twisted trunk with thick branches covered in pine needles. The tree grows from a rocky outcrop covered in moss and other vegetation. Behind the tree and to the right is a large rocky cliff or mountain face. In the background to the left of the tree, there is a body of water with hills on the opposite shore. Further back in the background are distant mountains. The entire scene is rendered in shades of black, gray, and white. There are several lines of Chinese calligraphy in the top-left corner. The painting has a beige border around the edges.