Bamboo copied after Wen Tong
This dramatically cropped image of bamboo reveals neither the plant's base nor its tip; rather, the leaves and branches seem to defy gravity, giving the pendent bough a sense of dynamic movement and growth. The contrasting ink tones and thrusting brushstrokes that define the leaves add to the vitality of the image.
Ke Jiusi, a leading connoisseur and curator of the imperial art collection, here demonstrates his scholarly approach to the study of antique models by freely copying a work by the Northern Song master Wen Tong (1019–1079), the patriarch of the monochrome bamboo genre.
Ke Jiusi, a leading connoisseur and curator of the imperial art collection, here demonstrates his scholarly approach to the study of antique models by freely copying a work by the Northern Song master Wen Tong (1019–1079), the patriarch of the monochrome bamboo genre.
Artwork Details
- 元 柯九思 臨文同墨竹圖 軸
- Title: Bamboo copied after Wen Tong
- Artist: Ke Jiusi (Chinese, 1290–1343)
- Period: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
- Date: dated 1343
- Culture: China
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on silk
- Dimensions: Image: 42 3/8 x 18 3/4 in. (107.6 x 47.6 cm)
Overall with mounting: 98 1/2 x 26 5/8 in. (250.2 x 67.6 cm)
Overall with knobs: 98 1/2 x 30 in. (250.2 x 76.2 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Gift of Oscar L. Tang Family, 2006
- Object Number: 2006.571
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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