墨梅図|Ink Plum
The Met
Artist: Heisen (Byōsen) Myōshitsu(Japanese, active ca. 1450–80)
Date: 15th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 34 1/16 × 13 1/16 in. (86.5 × 33.2 cm) Overall with mounting: 62 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (158.8 × 44.5 cm) Overall with knobs: 62 1/2 × 19 5/16 in. (158.8 × 49.1 cm)
Credit Line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2018
Visual Descriptions
AI GeneratedVisual Summary
Brief Description
Two vertical panels show flowering branches, one heavily snow-covered, against a light brown background
Detailed Description
Two vertical panels, each with a light brown background, are framed by a blue border with a subtle, repeating pattern and thin gold strips at the top and bottom. The left panel features a thick, gnarled branch extending from the lower left, curving upwards and right. This branch and its smaller offshoots are heavily covered in white, suggesting snow, with numerous small white flowers blooming along its length. A thin, dark vertical line runs parallel to the right edge of this panel. A small red seal is visible in the lower right corner of the left panel. The right panel shows several dark, slender branches extending from the lower right, curving upwards and left. These branches also bear small white flowers, but they are not covered in snow. The branches in both panels are rendered with dark ink, and the flowers have delicate white petals with dark centers. A small red seal is also visible in the lower right corner of the right panel. The overall background is a uniform, muted light brown.
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