Dragon and Landscape 14th century; plus later addition Unidentified artist This scroll presents a view of undulating billows and a rocky shoreline where several gnarled trees cling to a bare cliff. To the left of the trees two dragons appear amid the clouds and inky darkness. The dragons' writhing bodies and hooked claws contrast with the angular planes of the rock faces and echo the twisted trunks and clinging roots of the trees. One dragon seems to emerge from the rock itself, while the other is depicted playfully, stretched belly up across a rocky short, abruptly cropped compos
Dragon and Landscape 14th century; plus later addition Unidentified artist This scroll presents a view of undulating billows and a rocky shoreline where several gnarled trees cling to a bare cliff. To the left of the trees two dragons appear amid the clouds and inky darkness. The dragons' writhing bodies and hooked claws contrast with the angular planes of the rock faces and echo the twisted trunks and clinging roots of the trees. One dragon seems to emerge from the rock itself, while the other is depicted playfully, stretched belly up across a rocky short, abruptly cropped composition was originally part of a much longer handscroll, other fragments of which are now in Japan and in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Compared with Chen Rong's Nine Dragons handscroll of 1244, also in Boston, the brushwork of this scroll is much coarser, suggesting that it was painted by a later Dragon and Landscape. Unidentified artist , 14th–15th century. China. 14th century; plus later addition. Handscroll; ink on paper. Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). Paintings
Size: 4000px × 3002px
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