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Travelers Among Mountains and Streams
Travelers Among Mountains and Streams
Northern Song · Fan Kuan · c. 1000 CE
A seven-foot hanging scroll — a sheer cliff dominates two-thirds of the picture. Tiny travelers and mules cross the foreground, dwarfed. Widely considered the greatest Chinese landscape painting.
Fan-shaped Album Painting
Fan-shaped Album Painting
China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · 1368–1644 · ink and slight color on silk