Mountain Landscape in Song Dynasty Style

Description The 11th-century Song masters developed techniques to depict mountains, trees, and mists in an essentially realistic fashion. The painter of this work borrows these techniques to create a world with a somewhat fantastic character. Spurious signature of Wen Chia (1501-83).

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
8/01/1988	Examination	examined for condition
6/01/1994	Examination	examined for condition
3/01/1999	Examination	examined for condition
1/08/2001	Treatment	examined for exhibition

Provenance Panama-Pacific International Exposition, China Pavilion, San Francisco, 1915 [no. 213]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Inscription]萬曆六年歲次戊寅夏日倣宋人筆法 茂苑文嘉; [Seal] At top; [Signature] Original signature at left is rubbed out

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1915