Mountain Landscape in Song Dynasty Style

17th century (Qing)

55.2 cm 190.8 cm

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The 11th-century Song masters developed techniques to depict mountains, trees, and mists in an essentially realistic fashion. The painter of this work borrows these techniques to create a world with a somewhat fantastic character.Spurious signature of Wen Chia (1501-83).

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Panama-Pacific International Exposition, China Pavilion, San Francisco, 1915 [no. 213]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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