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Album of Copies of Chinese Paintings

Kano Tsunenobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a landscape scene with a bull in a monochromatic color scheme with shades of brown. The bull is centered and facing left, with its head down. It has two visible horns. There is a tree on the left side with a curved trunk and sparse leaves and branches. The background features a body of water on the right and a hill on the left. The painting has a thick gold border around it with white and brown speckles. The image is from the "Album of Copies of Chinese Paintings" by Kano Tsunenobu.

Artwork Details

Date
17th century
Medium
Album of thirty paintings; ink and color on silk
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 410 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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