Ink Bamboo
Unknown Artist
1200s
Medium
hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions
172.7 × 57.2 cm · image: 91.2 × 39.8 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1982.138
About this artwork
This deceptively simple composition features two upright stalks of bamboo with leafy stems extended to fill the silk. The painter sensitively balanced ink tones and brushstrokes. The leaves that cross in front of other leaves are outlined in clear silk.