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Landscapes with poems

Gong Xian

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white landscape painting of trees and a temple. The painting is on aged beige paper with a white border. The painting depicts a mountainous landscape with trees and a temple. The mountains are drawn in shades of gray, with darker shading to indicate depth. The temple has a tiled roof and appears to be surrounded by trees. There are two red stamps in the bottom corners and a column of Chinese characters on the right side. The background of the painting is a light beige color, with some darker spots and discoloration around the edges. The artist is Gong Xian and the title is "Landscapes with poems".

Artwork details

Date:
1688
Medium:
Fifteen leaves from an album (1980.516.2a–c and 1981.4.1a–o) of eighteen leaves
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 415 px
Museum record:
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