元 柯九思 臨文同墨竹圖 軸, Bamboo after Wen Tong, Ke Jiusi, dated 1343

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元 柯九思 臨文同墨竹圖 軸, Bamboo after Wen Tong, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), dated 1343, China, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, Image: 42 3/8 x 18 3/4 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Ke Jiusi (Chinese, 1290–1343), 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

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