Bamboo Pavilion, Tiger Hill, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou

A hexagonal pavilion with a tiled roof stands among dense bamboo on a rise, its open sides showing three low stools. Two robed figures stand near its steps, a third climbs a path, and a lone figure waits on a rock ledge at lower left, while tiled houses and a pine fill the foreground in fine brushwork.

Look closer: A lone figure stands on a rock ledge at the lower left, easy to overlook against the pale cliff.

Artist

Shen Zhou

Date

after 1490

Medium

Album leaf; ink on paper or ink and slight color on paper

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

3400 × 2593 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund