元 吳鎮 高節凌雲圖 軸|Bamboo, old tree, and rock
The Met
Artist: Wu Zhen(Chinese, 1280–1354)
Date: dated 1338
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions: Image: 65 5/8 x 38 1/2 in. (166.7 x 97.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 117 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. (298.5 x 100.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 117 1/2 x 43 7/8 in. (298.5 x 111.4 cm)
Credit Line: Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Gift of Oscar L. Tang Family, 2012
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Ink painting of a gnarled tree, hanging branches, bamboo, rocks, and calligraphic text
Detailed Description
This vertical ink painting on light brown paper depicts a landscape with a gnarled tree, bamboo, and rock formations. In the upper right, a large, dark tree trunk rises, curving left and then right, with numerous thin, dark branches hanging downwards. The trunk shows visible texture from variations in ink wash. Below and to the left of the tree, a dense cluster of bamboo leaves, rendered in dark ink, extends across the middle of the composition, partially obscuring the background. In the lower left quadrant, a prominent, dark rock formation with irregular contours is depicted, with smaller rocks at its base. The rocks are rendered with broad ink washes and some lighter outlines, depicting volume. Sparse tufts of grass, depicted with fine, dark lines, are scattered across the foreground and around the base of the rocks. The background is a uniform light brown. In the upper left corner, several columns of dark calligraphic text appear, with varying character sizes and brushstrokes. The text reads: "昔人謂畫竹難於畫蘭蓋蘭葉之疎密易為竹葉之疎密難為也余嘗謂畫竹難於畫樹蓋樹枝之屈曲易為竹枝之屈曲難為也今觀此竹樹相間之作則知畫竹之難又甚於畫樹矣"
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