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Riverscape with moored boats

Wu Shantao

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fan-shaped artwork with a landscape scene. The artwork is on a brown paper-like material with darker brown lines running vertically from top to bottom. A mountain landscape with a pointed mountain peak in the background. In the foreground, there are several trees with long, thin branches. A group of small boats are moored along the shoreline in the lower middle of the artwork. Several small birds are flying in the lower left. There are also some Chinese characters in black and red ink on the right side of the artwork. The background behind the fan-shaped artwork is plain and off-white.

Artwork Details

Date
late 17th or early 18th century
Medium
Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
599 × 286 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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