Water Pavilion by Twin Pines
Yuan or early Ming dynasty, 14th–15th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and light colors on paper
Dimensions
100.3 × 35.5 cm (39 1/2 × 14 in.)
Classification
hanging scroll
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
105786
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This landscape was attributed to the Northern Song court painter Guo Xi (c. 1001-c. 1090) by the authors of early 20th-century colophons that accompany the painting. The depiction of figures gazing out from two water pavilions at the foot of a rocky outcrop—as well as a dramatic clusters of old pine-trees and billowing, restless forms of mountain-ridges that rise from valleys into the high distance—are all features associated with Guo Xi’s iconic landscapes. The relatively looser composition and...