A dragon and clouds

A faint ink dragon curls through cloud forms on a brown silk ground, its head and whiskered jaws rendered at upper right while its body twists down the left-center. A narrow patterned brocade border frames the hanging scroll, and the tonal wash is soft and subdued.

Artist

Traditionally attributed to Chen Rong (active 1235-after 1262)

Date

1368-1644

Medium

Ink on silk

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

1496 × 2240 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art