Road to Shu
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
272.1 × 270 cm · painting only: 187 × 256.5 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
2019.167
Tags
male
About this artwork
Few works by the Yuan workshops in Yangzhou present a continuous composition of such monumental scale as this hanging scroll. Road to Shu (in Sichuan province) depicts the trade of goods over long distances and through mountainous terrain. Busy travelers lead mules over footbridges, mountain paths wind along steep slopes, and soaring bridges connect peaks divided by deep gorges. The Yuan studios produced paintings to decorate the residences of wealthy Yangzhou salt merchants and princely palaces...