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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
Museum record:
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