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Page from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting

Wang Gai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white landscape drawing of a mountain scene with trees, rocks, and a village. The drawing is on aged paper with darker edges. The drawing depicts a mountain range on the left with tall trees on the left and smaller trees on the right. A rocky cliff juts out into the center of the image. The mountain on the right descends into a valley containing a village made up of several low buildings. There are four lines of Asian text on the top right with a red stamp below the third line. A black border surrounds the drawing. The background behind the drawing is white.

Artwork details

Date:
first edition printed in 1679
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
599 × 492 px
Museum record:
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