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Second half of Ten Thousand Li of the Yangzi River

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a landscape with mountains and trees. The artwork is rendered in shades of brown on a light-brown background. The mountains are tall, jagged, and gray with dark shading. Trees are on top of and growing out of the mountains. The mountain on the right is more vertical and solitary while the mountain on the left is more sloping with multiple peaks. A pagoda-like structure with a pointed roof and multiple tiers appears to the right of the mountains. The mountains and structures are in the lower half of the image. The right half of the image is empty.

Artwork Details

Date
late 15th century
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on silk
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 454 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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