Tree Colors in Level Distance - Colophon 4 - Zu Ming
Think of this as a 14th-century fan letter attached to a masterpiece! This image shows a colophon—a handwritten inscription added to the end of a scroll—written by a monk named Zuming in 1350. In elegant, flowing calligraphy, he praises the famous painter Guo Xi, writing that he loves how Guo Xi's 'cloudy mountains and thin waters' rival nature itself. The red square stamps scattered around are collector seals, acting like a historical guestbook of everyone who has cherished this treasure over the centuries.
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- Ink on paper
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