Nine Dragons Scroll - Colophon 2 - Wu Quanjie, Ouyang Xuan
Think of this as the ancient equivalent of a comment section on a viral post! These pages are colophons—inscriptions added by later admirers—to Chen Rong's legendary 'Nine Dragons' scroll. Written by Yuan Dynasty scholars Wu Quanjie and Ouyang Xuan, the bold, sweeping calligraphy poetically describes the dragons' power, invoking imagery of thunder, rain, and lightning flying like ink. The red seals stamped across the paper act as a historical guestbook, proving that art lovers have been obsessing over this treasure for centuries, turning a single painting into a collaborative conversation across generations.
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- Ink on paper
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- Paper
Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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