Landscape Scroll
Shen Zhou, Landscape Scroll, 1477, handscroll; ink and light color on paper, Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund, public domain, 57.13
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- Title
Landscape Scroll
- Related Titles
original language: 山水圖
- Artist
- Date
1477
- Period
China: Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
- Medium
handscroll; ink and light color on paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 13 in x 91 15/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: an inscription and a seven word poem by the artist - "A clear stream bears the music of tinkling jade, in a glance the splendid green of paradise. There is the pure-in-heart who has escaped; he and his grass hut pass the idle years." Also "The first third of the second month of the thirteenth year of Ch'eng Hua" (corresponding to 1477). (Signed) "Shen Chou". Five inscriptions following the picture are by Wu Kuan (1435-1504), Wen P'eng (1498-1568); Wang Ku-hsiang (1501-1568); P'eng Nien (1505-1566); and Wu Yin-chi (16th century). Seals, ink and color on paper., upper left corner
- Collection Area
Asian Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
handscroll
- Culture
Chinese
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund
- Accession Number
57.13
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
