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Spring Dawn over the Elixir Terrace

Lu Guang

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a landscape painting titled "Spring Dawn over the Elixir Terrace" by Lu Guang. The painting is on beige paper with a black border on the left and right sides. The painting itself is a landscape in shades of gray, black, and beige. There are large gray cliffs and mountains covered with trees and other vegetation in the background, and smaller rocks and trees in the foreground. The cliffs are rugged and rocky, with some areas of greenery. In the foreground, there are several trees, some bare and some with leaves. There are several red seals scattered throughout the painting, four in the corners and middle of the bottom and top. There is a long, narrow strip of paper with Chinese writing on the right side of the painting. There is a column of Chinese writing and three red seals on the top right side of the painting.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1369
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Culture
China
Dimensions
440 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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