Second half of Ten Thousand Li of the Yangzi River

late 15th century

Not on view

This is the second half of a handscroll that was separated into two pieces. The work follows the style of the thirteenth-century painter Xia Gui, whose sharp, angular brushwork and evocative, mist-shrouded scenes were much admired in the fifteenth century, especially at the Ming-dynasty court. The composition is based in part on Xia’s Pure and Remote View of Streams and Mountains (National Palace Museum, Taiwan). The survival of other oversize copies of Pure and Remote View from this period attests to the painting’s popularity among fifteenth-century patrons.

Artwork Details

明　佚名　舊傳夏珪　長江萬里圖　卷 (後半)
Title: Second half of Ten Thousand Li of the Yangzi River
Artist: Unidentified artist , fake signature of Xia Gui (active ca. 1195–1230)
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Date: late 15th century
Culture: China
Medium: Handscroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 23 3/8 in. × 16 ft. (59.4 × 487.7 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
Object Number: 13.220.18
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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