Landscape Album (Twelve Leaves) on Silk P01
Dong Qichang, the Ming Dynasty giant who basically wrote the rulebook for Chinese landscape painting, shows off his wild side here with fluid cursive calligraphy on a silk album leaf. The characters dance across the textured surface, transcribing a famous poetic line about thunder sweeping rain over mountain peaks and the intoxicating scent of flowers. You can spot his signature 'Qichang' and those classic red collector seals at the bottom, which act like a VIP guest list of everyone who has treasured this piece over the centuries.
- Technique
- Ink on silk
- Material
- Silk