Dragon and Landscape
This scroll presents a view of undulating billows and a rocky shoreline where several gnarled trees cling to a bare cliff. To the left of the trees two dragons appear amid the clouds and inky darkness. The dragons' writhing bodies and hooked claws contrast with the angular planes of the rock faces and echo the twisted trunks and clinging roots of the trees. One dragon seems to emerge from the rock itself, while the other is depicted playfully, stretched belly up across a rocky incline.
This short, abruptly cropped composition was originally part of a much longer handscroll, other fragments of which are now in Japan and in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Compared with Chen Rong's Nine Dragons handscroll of 1244, also in Boston, the brushwork of this scroll is much coarser, suggesting that it was painted by a later follower.
This short, abruptly cropped composition was originally part of a much longer handscroll, other fragments of which are now in Japan and in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Compared with Chen Rong's Nine Dragons handscroll of 1244, also in Boston, the brushwork of this scroll is much coarser, suggesting that it was painted by a later follower.
Artwork Details
- 元 佚名 陳容 僞款 雲行雨施圖 卷
- Title: Dragon and Landscape
- Artist: Unidentified artist , 14th–15th century
- Artist: Fake signature of Chen Rong (Chinese, active 1235–62)
- Period: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
- Date: 14th century; plus later addition
- Culture: China
- Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 17 5/8 x 75 1/8 in. (44.8 x 190.8 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
- Object Number: 29.100.531
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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