Chrysanthemums and Cabbage

A long handscroll of ink and slight color on paper, with columns of inscriptions and red seals framing painted plants. Near the center, a rock with leafy stems and blossoms stands beside bare branches, and a second painted group of rock and pine-like foliage appears at right.

Look closer: Red seal impressions sit among the inscriptions at the right end of the scroll.

Artist

Tao Cheng

Date

c. 1486 or before

Medium

handscroll; ink and slight color on paper

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

3400 × 191 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift