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River Landscape

Xiang Yuanbian

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a landscape with a body of water. A distant shoreline and mountains are on the right side. The painting is on beige paper, or parchment. The left and bottom-center sides are filled with a group of thin trees on a hill. A few trees are on a shoreline in the center and right. The background features a large body of water. The top left side features a darker area resembling distant mountains. The painting includes Chinese calligraphy on the top right side and red stamps on the right side. The right edge has beige wallpaper with a light-brown curvy line pattern.

Artwork details

Date:
dated 1578
Medium:
Handscroll; ink on paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
599 × 287 px
Museum record:
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