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Travelers in Mountains,
undated
Anonymous
Chinese
late Ming to Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1947-271
Rendered in a blue-green landscape manner, these leaves were collected with others in an album of purported Song (960–1279) and Yuan (1260–1368) dynasty paintings. In Travelers in Mountains, horse riders and attendants traverse a steep mountain gorge on a road of planks built along the slopes (zhandao), crossing over a waterfall. Images of travelers on plank roads in a blue-green landscape are often associated with the Road to Shu, a difficult route to Sichuan province built and maintained since the 4th century b.c. In Isle of the Immortals, the brightly
colored halls amidst blue-green peaks set between clouds and waves likely allude to early legends of distant islands where the immortals lived in the eastern seas.
colored halls amidst blue-green peaks set between clouds and waves likely allude to early legends of distant islands where the immortals lived in the eastern seas.
Information
Title
Travelers in Mountains
Dates
undated
Maker
Medium
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 27.2 x 20.2 cm. (10 11/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
leaf (open): 69.5 x 43.5 cm
Album: 43.5 x 35.2 x 4.2 cm. (17 1/8 x 13 7/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893
Object Number
y1947-271
Place Made
Asia, China
Marks/Labels/Seals
Seven characters in ink on label adhered to album cover
Culture
1898 – ca. 1926 acquired in China by DuBois Schanck Morris (1873-1956), based in Anhui, China; 1947 gift to Princeton University Art Museum
