南宋 馬和之 詩經小雅鴻雁之什六篇圖 卷|Courtly Odes, Beginning with "Wild Geese"
The Met
Artist: Ma Hezhi(Chinese, ca. 1130–ca. 1170)
Date: 12th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Handscroll in six sections; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Overall with mounting: 12 3/4 in. × 42 ft. 9 3/4 in. (32.4 × 1304.9 cm)
Credit Line: Edward Elliott Family Collection, Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1984
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Ink painting of two birds flying over reeds, with black calligraphic text and red seals
Detailed Description
The artwork is a horizontal ink painting on a light brown ground. The left two-thirds of the composition depict a natural scene, primarily rendered in dark ink. In the lower left, a dense cluster of tall, slender reeds with pointed leaves rises from the bottom edge, extending upwards and to the right. The reeds are depicted with varying shades of dark ink. A lighter, horizontal band across the lower middle of the painting appears to be water. Above the reeds and this lighter band, in the upper-middle section, two birds are depicted in flight with outstretched wings, rendered with simple, dark ink strokes. The right third of the image is filled with vertical columns of black calligraphic text. The text is arranged in several columns, read from right to left. Several red, circular or square seals are stamped over the text, appearing as faint red marks.
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