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Object Typehandscroll ArtistLiu Du Date Made1647

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Object Typehandscroll ArtistLiu Du Date Made1647

Accession Number 2004.19.54.1 Title Landscape After Li Cheng Category paintings Object Type handscroll Artist Liu Du Date Made 1647 Place Made China Culture Chinese Period Ming 17th century Materials ink and colour on silk Measurements sheet: 45.6 cm x 956.3 cm; image: 40.1 cm x 325.8 cm Description

This handscroll painting by Liu Du (1630 - 1670) depicts a palace in a mountain landscape, painted in the style of Li Cheng (919-967), a Song Dynasty painter. This is a typical shan shui ("mountains and water") painting that features trees, mountains, waterfalls, and other natural rock forms. There are two figures on boats in the water.

Inscriptions and Colophons Signed by Liu Du and impressed with 2 artist seals. This scroll is also impressed 4 collector's seals and has an attached colophon by Chen Yuding. Credit Line Gift of Sandy and Cécile Mactaggart

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