清 胡遠 山水 扇面|Landscape
The Met
Artist: Hu Yuan(Chinese, 1823–1886)
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold-flecked paper
Dimensions: 7 1/8 x 20 1/4 in. (18.1 x 51.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Mountainous landscape, bare trees, small building, boat on water, and vertical calligraphy
Detailed Description
A mountainous landscape fills a semi-circular image. The color palette is muted, dominated by shades of brown, gray, and black, with touches of reddish-brown and light blue-gray, all on a light, speckled background. Towering, rounded mountains and hills, rendered in varying shades of gray and brown, fill the upper and central portions. Darker ink washes define crevices and shadows, and visible brushstrokes create texture on the rocky surfaces. In the mid-ground, numerous bare trees with intricate, skeletal branches in reddish-brown and dark brown hues are scattered across the hillsides. Some areas show denser clusters of darker, more solid tree forms. Towards the center-right, nestled among the trees and at the base of a hill, is a small, two-story building with a dark, gabled roof and light-colored walls. To its right, a body of water, depicted in light blue-gray, extends across the lower right quadrant. A small, flat-bottomed boat with two dark, indistinct figures glides on this water. Further mountains recede into the distance on the far right. In the upper right quadrant, vertical lines of black calligraphy are present, which are not legible. A small, square red seal is positioned below the text. Another, larger rectangular red seal is visible in the bottom left corner of the image.
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