大聖文殊師利菩薩圖 冊頁|Bodhisattva Manjushri (Wenshu)
950
ink
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
This print shows a robed figure with a calm face, surrounded by swirling ink lines and small, quick strokes. The background is packed with tiny, repeating patterns that look like flames or energy. Below, there’s a block of dense, vertical Chinese characters. The figure’s head is framed by a simple border, and the whole scene feels both precise and wild. The ink is layered, with darker spots where it pooled. Look up cross-hatching next to see how artists build texture with lines.
