Ink Bamboo
A tall hanging scroll shows a single bamboo plant rendered in dark ink on brown silk. Slender stalks rise through the vertical format, with clusters of pointed leaves drawn in loose, flowing strokes that thin toward their tips and spread to both sides.
Look closer: Faint leaves and stalk tips dissolve into the brown silk at the lower edges, barely visible.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1200s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink on silk
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 1532 × 3400 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1299).
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