七寶山|Chilbosan (Seven Jeweled Mountain)
The Met
Artist: Unidentified artist
Date: 19th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Set of 10 paintings previously in folding screen format; ink on cotton
Dimensions: Image (each): 47 5/8 × 11 1/8 in. (121 × 28.3 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2020
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A tall, narrow ink painting of a mountainous landscape with trees, winding paths, and distant peaks
Detailed Description
A vertical ink painting, rendered in shades of black and gray on light brown paper, depicts a vast, towering mountainous landscape. The composition is arranged vertically, leading the eye upwards through successive layers of peaks and valleys. In the upper section, faint, distant mountains rise into a hazy sky, with a few slender, jagged peaks emerging more distinctly, topped with sparse trees. Below these, a series of more defined, craggy mountains dominate the upper-middle ground, their slopes textured with intricate brushstrokes suggesting rock formations and clusters of trees. A winding path or river appears to snake through the valleys between these peaks, leading towards the foreground. The middle section features rolling hills and more rounded mountains, some densely covered with trees, others showing bare, textured slopes. As the eye moves towards the lower portion of the painting, the details become slightly less defined, with broader washes of ink suggesting further undulating terrain and scattered vegetation. Varying ink tones and brushwork define the contours and textures of the natural environment, with layered elements suggesting vastness and recession.
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