Landscape with Scholar Viewing a Waterfall, 1722, Cai Jia, Chinese, 1686-after 1756, 113 1/16 x 41 1/16 in. ( x cm) (image)146 1/4 x 51 in. ( x cm) (without roller), Ink and color on paper, China, 18th century, Barely perceptible in the rocky foreground, a scholar sits meditatively transfixed by a rushing waterfall. High above the twisted knot of contorted trees sheltering him, great vertical shafts of rock pierce layers of clouds to reach unimaginable heights

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