元/明 吳伯理 流水松風圖 軸|Dragon pine
The Met
Artist: Wu Boli(Chinese, active late 14th–early 15th century)
Date: late 14th–early 15th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 48 x 13 1/4 in. (121.9 x 33.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 100 x 18 5/8 in. (254 x 47.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 100 x 21 in. (254 x 53.3 cm)
Credit Line: Edward Elliott Family Collection, Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1984
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A tall, gnarled ink-wash pine tree with dense foliage and rocks in a monochromatic landscape
Detailed Description
A tall, narrow, monochromatic ink painting depicts a gnarled tree dominating the left and center of the composition. The tree's thick, twisted trunk emerges from the lower left, curving upwards and slightly to the right, with its textured surface rendered in varying shades of dark gray and black ink. Dense, dark foliage, composed of numerous fine brushstrokes, forms a canopy at the top and extends downwards along the tree's branches. Several large, rounded rocks are visible at the base of the tree and in the lower left foreground, also rendered in dark ink. In the middle ground and background on the right, faint, lighter ink washes suggest distant rolling hills or mountains, with a few small, indistinct shapes that could be structures or smaller trees nestled among them. The overall palette consists of black ink on light, aged paper. At the very top of the scroll, several square red seals are visible, along with a column of faint, vertical text.
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