南宋 米友仁 雲山圖 卷|Cloudy Mountains
The Met
Artist: Mi Youren(Chinese, 1074–1151)
Date: before 1200
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 10 7/8 × 22 7/16 in. (27.6 × 57 cm) Overall with mounting: 11 3/16 in. × 24 ft. 6 3/16 in. (28.4 × 747.2 cm)
Credit Line: Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Purchase, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1973
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Misty ink wash landscape with mountains, trees, and many red seals on a light scroll
Detailed Description
The horizontal artwork depicts an ink wash landscape in muted tones of gray, black, and white, on a light-colored paper or silk scroll. Narrow vertical strips of gold-colored material, adorned with subtle patterns, frame the composition on the left and right. Several red seals of varying shapes and sizes are present on these gold strips. The central landscape features a series of rolling hills and mountains. In the foreground and midground, clusters of trees with varying densities of foliage and some with bare branches are scattered across the undulating terrain. A faint, winding path or stream appears to traverse the lower left portion of the scene. In the background, layers of increasingly misty mountains rise, with the darkest and most defined peaks appearing in the upper right. The soft transitions of ink wash create a hazy effect throughout the scene. Additional red seals are stamped across the main landscape, concentrated in the upper left, upper center, and upper right, with more seals along the right edge. These seals are circular, square, and rectangular, containing intricate characters.
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