Bamboo, Rocks, and Lonely Orchids
A long handscroll of dense vertical calligraphy columns, ending at the right with a small ink painting. There, a craggy rock rises above clustered bamboo stalks and slender orchid leaves, rendered in light, washed ink on paper.
Look closer: Red artist's seals are stamped among the calligraphy columns in the scroll.
- Artist
- Zhao Mengfu
- Date
- 1271–1368
- Medium
- Handscroll; ink on paper
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 226 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1368).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund by exchange