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Screen Panel from Set of Six

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Screen panel depicting landscape scene. The panel shows a gray background with cloud-like lines at top. A man stands on left; a small hut and a railings and a tree are on right. The tree's branches extend down and across center of panel to bottom. The bottom of the panel shows another tree on a hill with rocks. The trees have sparse leaves; lines indicate rocks and ground. Vertical Asian characters are on right. The panel is in shades of black and gray and framed in black.

Artwork Details

Date
late 18th–early 19th century
Medium
Silk; on silk
Culture
China
Dimensions
206 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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