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Buddhist Temples amid Autumn Mountains

After Yan Wengui Chinese
14th–15th century
Not on view
Travelers wind their way through a riverine landscape dotted with rustic villages and Buddhist temples. As is the case with many Chinese paintings, the date of this one is difficult to determine. It boasts an impressive suite of colophons by fourteenth-century writers, including two renowned scholar-painters, Ni Zan and Lu Guang. Though the painting itself bears a signature of the tenth- to eleventh-century painter Yan Wengui, based on style it appears to be a copy from the fourteenth or fifteenth century, during or shortly after the time of Ni and Lu. Therefore, it is possible that these colophons were originally made for an earlier painting but later mounted to this work to enhance its value.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 元/明　佚名　舊傳 燕文貴　秋山蕭寺圖　軸
  • Title: Buddhist Temples amid Autumn Mountains
  • Artist: Unidentified artist , 14th–15th century
  • Artist: After Yan Wengui (Chinese, 970–1030)
  • Period: Yuan (1271–1368)–Ming (1368–1644) dynasty
  • Date: 14th–15th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Handscroll; ink and pale color on silk
  • Dimensions: Image: 12 7/8 in. × 10 ft. 6 1/2 in. (32.7 × 321.3 cm)
    Overall with mounting: 13 1/8 in. × 37 ft. 2 1/8 in. (33.3 × 1133.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1983
  • Object Number: 1983.12
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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