Green Mountains, Blue Valleys

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Green Mountains, Blue Valleys

1846

Ko Ryuko (Japanese, 1801–1859)

This autumnal landscape is modeled on a Chinese prototype, showing a Chinese poet or scholar seated among rocks and gazing at a distant view.

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Object Details

Title:

Green Mountains, Blue Valleys

Date:

1846

Artist:

Ko Ryuko (Japanese, 1801–1859)

Medium:

Ink and color on silk; mounted as one of a triptych of hanging scrolls

Dimensions:

Image: 43 × 14 1/2 inches (109.2 × 36.8 cm) Mount: 6 feet 5 5/8 inches × 19 3/4 inches (197.2 × 50.2 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Gift of Toyobi Far Eastern Art, New York, 2000

Accession Number:

2000-81-1

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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