明/清 佚名 仿方從義 巢雲圖 卷|Miniature Landscape
Medium
Two handscrolls; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image (a): 3 5/8 × 46 in. (9.2 × 116.8 cm) Image (b): 3 7/8 × 35 in. (9.8 × 88.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
China · Ming (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
From the Collection of A. W. Bahr, Purchase, Fletcher Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.18.13a, b
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite pair of handscrolls, titled *Miniature Landscape* (or *Nesting Clouds*), was created by an unidentified Chinese artist during the Ming (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Executed in ink on paper, the works measure just a few inches in height, making them unusually intimate examples of the traditional handscroll format. Designed to be viewed section by section in the palm of the hand, these miniature scrolls invite a quiet, personal engagement with the misty mountain scenes they depict. The paintings are explicitly presented as an imitation of Fang Congyi, a Yuan-dynasty m...