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Collection Online as of July 17, 2026

A vertical hanging scroll depicts a landscape in muted brown tones. Gnarled trees with reddish-brown foliage and dark dashes conveying leaves grow on an undulating rocky slope. To their right, a small thatched pavilion sits on a bank overlooking a calm river and distant, hazy mountains. Dense clusters of brushstrokes define the rugged terrain. Chinese calligraphy and two red seals occupy the upper right corner, set against the vast, empty sky.

Landscape

1775

Zhai Dakun

(Chinese, d. 1804)
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
album leaf; ink and color on silk
Overall: 41.2 x 31.5 cm (16 1/4 x 12 3/8 in.)
Kelvin Smith Fund 1986.49.7
Location: Not on view
  • ?-1986
    (Chozo Yamanouchi 山內長三, Asaka City, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1986-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, no. 2 (February 1987): 38–79. Reproduced: p. 78; Mentioned: p. 75, no. 203 www.jstor.org
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