Artwork
南宋 佚名 冬景圖 團扇|Winter Landscape
南宋 佚名 冬景圖 團扇|Winter Landscape is an ink painting. It dates from 1239 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This anonymous Southern Song dynasty painting, titled "Winter Landscape," depicts a serene mountain scene dusted with snow.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
Its creation in China and subsequent inclusion in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection underscore its historical and artistic significance.
The painting presents a winter mountain scene, its subject a solitary peak rendered in ink and subtle color on silk. Executed in the Southern Song period (1239) by an anonymous hand, it belongs to the landscape genre and was originally a fan leaf later mounted as an album leaf. The work exemplifies the era's emphasis on natural motifs, with the mountain serving as the central iconographic element.
Its creation in China and subsequent inclusion in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection underscore its historical and artistic significance.
Technique & Style
Executed in 1239 by an anonymous Southern Song artist, this work is a landscape painting rendered in ink and color on silk. Originally created as a circular fan (tuan shan), the support has been mounted as an album leaf, a common conservation and presentation practice for such intimate formats. The composition depicts a mountainous winter scene, utilizing the fine weave of the silk to support delicate brushwork characteristic of the period's landscape genre.
The combination of ink washes with applied color defines the atmospheric qualities of the winter setting, while the small scale reflects the handheld nature of the original fan format before its subsequent mounting.
History & Provenance
This anonymous Southern Song work, a winter mountain landscape, was likely produced in China around 1239. It is an ink-and-color painting on silk, originally a circular fan later mounted as an album leaf, and is classified as a landscape painting. The work is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, recorded under accession number 47.18.136 in the Department of Asian Art. No earlier ownership records or exhibition history are documented in the available reference material.
Overview
This anonymous Southern Song dynasty painting, titled "Winter Landscape," depicts a serene mountain scene dusted with snow. Originally created on silk during the 1200s, it was later mounted as a circular fan, then preserved as an album leaf. The work invites contemplation of nature's quiet grandeur, a common theme in Chinese landscape art from this period.
Artist & collection
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