Dragon Boat Regatta on Jinming Lake

A faded ink-and-color painting on silk shows tiled-roof pavilions and buildings along the water, with a small boat near the center-left. Pale wash and worn silk soften the lines, and a red seal sits at the upper right. Only a fragment is visible, so the larger scene is not shown.

Look closer: A red seal is stamped at the upper right edge of the silk.

Artist

Wang Zhenpeng

Date

14th century (?)

Medium

Handscroll; ink on silk

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3796 × 1852 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennett, 1966