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Ink Bamboo
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About this work
This deceptively simple composition features two upright stalks of bamboo with leafy stems extended to fill the silk. The painter sensitively balanced ink tones and brushstrokes. The leaves that cross in front of other leaves are outlined in clear silk.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineInk Bamboo, 1200s. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; image: 91.2 x 39.8 cm (35 7/8 x 15 11/16 in.); overall: 172.7 x 57.2 cm (68 x 22 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1982.138
