Artist: Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322)

Date: Yuan (1271-1368)

Dimensions: Height 24.9 cm, Width 88.5 cm; Height 25.0 cm, Width 77.5 cm

Material: Ink and colour on silk

Gift of Shen Tongyue et al.

• Object Type：
  • PAINTINGS
• Location：
  • Chinese Painting Gallery
• Tag：
  • landscape handscroll zhao mengfu yuan ink and colour silk

Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322), also known by his zi (designated name) Zi'ang and his hao (literary name) Songxue Daoren, was a native of Wuxing (present-day Huzhou, Zhejiang province). A scion of the Song imperial family, he became a hanlin scholar (the emperor's literary retinue) of the Yuan dynasty. He was adept in painting and calligraphy. This handscroll depicts the mountain outline with ink and colours the landscape with blue and green. Small trees scatter all over the landscape. The painter painted with deliberately restrained brushwork and colouring techniques. A Ming dynasty copy by Cui Fu, attached to the original painting, is inscribed with the seal script title "The Remote and Clear Landscape of Wuxing". The copy was done when the original painting was still intact.