Landscape
Unknown Artist
1644–1911
Medium
soapstone
Dimensions
{"overall":{"height":0.153,"width":0.223,"depth":0.096}}
Classification
Stone
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Worcester R. Warner Collection
Accession Number
1917.25
About this artwork
A mountain scenery surrounded by water and fish is meticulously carved out of soapstone, with a pond, bridge, waterfall, and temple front in its center. The unidentified figure scene on the left includes an ox and a man wearing what appears to be a Korean hat. A Buddha figure hidden in the depth of the temple can be glimpsed from the backside. The inscribed pillar on the right reads “Stonegate Cave to Heaven (shimen dongtian)”. Indentations all over the stone suggest that the miniature mountain ...