Dragon pine

A hanging scroll in ink on paper shows a pine tree with a tightly twisted, rope-like trunk climbing diagonally from rocks at the lower left toward a dense canopy of needles. Pale washes suggest mist and distant ground, and the bark is built up with dry, broken brushstrokes. Red seals are stamped along the upper margin.

Look closer: Small red seals are stamped along the upper edge and near the lower left.

Artist

Wu Boli

Date

late 14th–early 15th century

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1499 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Edward Elliott Family Collection, Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1984