明 夏昶 清風高節圖 軸|Windblown bamboo
The Met
Artist: Xia Chang(Chinese, 1388–1470)
Date: ca. 1460
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 80 1/16 x 23 1/2 in. (203.4 x 59.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 118 x 29 3/8 in. (299.7 x 74.6 cm) Overall with knobs: 118 x 32 13/16 in. (299.7 x 83.3 cm)
Credit Line: Edward Elliott Family Collection, Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1989
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Tall bamboo stalks and leaves grow around a large, textured rock, with calligraphy and seals.
Detailed Description
The vertical ink painting features a prominent, irregularly shaped rock formation surrounded by bamboo stalks and leaves, rendered in various shades of black ink on a light, off-white background. The rock, positioned in the lower-center, is tall and irregularly shaped, with a textured, porous appearance created by darker ink washes and lighter areas. It has several visible holes and crevices. Numerous bamboo stalks emerge around the base of the rock and extend upwards, some appearing behind it and others in front. The bamboo leaves are depicted with sharp, pointed forms, varying in density and ink saturation. Some clusters of leaves are dark and opaque, while others are lighter and more translucent. The bamboo foliage extends across the middle and upper sections of the painting, with some branches reaching towards the top edges. In the upper left portion of the painting, several columns of black calligraphic text are present, accompanied by multiple square and rectangular red seals.
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