Untitled
The Met
Artist: Unknown
Date: late 14th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 45 11/16 × 19 3/8 in. (116 × 49.2 cm) Overall with mounting: 75 3/8 × 25 7/16 in. (191.5 × 64.6 cm) Overall with knobs: 75 3/8 × 27 1/4 in. (191.5 × 69.2 cm)
Credit Line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Visual Descriptions
AI GeneratedVisual Summary
Brief Description
Reddish-brown skinned man with a long beard and a child, holding a bottle and a melon
Detailed Description
The image is a vertical painting on a scroll, featuring two figures against a muted, brownish-gold background. The larger figure, a man, is seated towards the upper center, facing left in profile. He has reddish-brown skin, a long, dark, pointed beard, and long dark hair that falls behind his back. His face shows a prominent nose and his mouth appears slightly upturned. He wears a loose robe with wide sleeves, patterned with alternating vertical stripes of dark gray and a lighter, mottled cream or pale green. The dark gray stripes have a subtle pattern of lighter dots. His right hand, covered by a white cloth, holds a dark, ornate, bottle-shaped object with a pointed top. His left hand is mostly obscured by his clothing. His bare feet, also reddish-brown, are visible at the bottom of his robe, resting on a dark, rocky ground. To the right and slightly below the man sits a smaller figure, a child, also with reddish-brown skin. The child faces forward, looking slightly to the left. They have a bald head, large round earrings, and wear a striped skirt with horizontal bands of blue, green, red, and white. The child holds a dark green, textured, melon-like fruit in both hands, presenting it in a small, dark bowl. The background behind the figures is a plain, warm brown, with a faint vertical pattern of thin lines on the left side. A small, vertical inscription in dark characters is visible on the upper right side of the background. The scroll is framed by a patterned border of reddish-brown with small, light-colored floral motifs.
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