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元 吳鎮 高節凌雲圖 軸|Bamboo, old tree, and rock
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元 吳鎮 高節凌雲圖 軸|Bamboo, old tree, and rock

dated 1338

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink on silk

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Dimensions

Image: 65 5/8 x 38 1/2 in. (166.7 x 97.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 117 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. (298.5 x 100.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 117 1/2 x 43 7/8 in. (298.5 x 111.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Gift of Oscar L. Tang Family, 2012

Classification

Paintings

Department

Asian Art

Culture

China

Period

Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)

Rights

Public Domain

About Wu Zhen

1280–1354Yuan dynasty

A scholar of the Yijing (‘Book of changes’), he practised fortune-telling to make a living. As a painter he was not as successful commercially as Sheng Mao (one of his neighbours), but he had his own circle of literati friends, including such painters as Wu Guan and Zhang Guan and such scholars as Tao Zhongyi. Chen (style name; Chung-kuei, sobriquets; Mei-hua tao-jen and Mei-sha-mi) was a native of Chia-hsing, Chekiang. Adopting the works of Chü-jan (f1.ca. 960-980) as his model, Wu Chen was able to establish a distinctly personal style. He was therefore the foremost of the Four Masters of the Yüan. Specialized in landscapes and paintings of bamboo.