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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
Museum record:
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