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Dream Landscape

Cheng Zhengkui

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a landscape with mountains, trees, and fog. The scene features a range of mountains and hills with trees scattered throughout. There are several large boulders in the foreground. The sky is filled with fog or mist, which partially obscures the mountains in the background. The painting is done in shades of brown, gray, and black ink on paper. There are several red stamps and black calligraphy marks in the top-right corner. The image is rectangular.

Artwork Details

Date
dated 1674
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on silk
Culture
China
Dimensions
598 × 214 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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