Handscroll
Artist: Zhou Yong (Chinese)
Date: 1548, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Dimensions:
11 3/4 x 61 1/2 in.
Medium: Handscroll, ink on paper
Classification: Paintings
Object number: 1953.58
Label Text:Looking back to an earlier style employed by artist Shen Zhou (1427–1509) of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhou Yong employs the “big-axe” shading technique developed in Southern Song era. Look for its characteristic wide, rugged brushstrokes in the mountain peaks.
Scrolls often passed through many hands, and owners might inscribe a “colophon”—commentary, description, or information about the scroll or the owne—or mark the scroll with a collector’s stamp. This scroll has inscriptions by two self-described “mountain men,” who were possibly monks, and a poem by a scholar.
Scrolls often passed through many hands, and owners might inscribe a “colophon”—commentary, description, or information about the scroll or the owne—or mark the scroll with a collector’s stamp. This scroll has inscriptions by two self-described “mountain men,” who were possibly monks, and a poem by a scholar.
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