Faded brown silk painting of a rocky stream, a twisting pine, bamboo leaves and two small birds in flight.

Landscape: a Mountain Brook, a Pine, Bamboo and Blue-jays

A faded brown silk painting shows a rocky stream bank, a twisting pine trunk, and bamboo leaves at the left edge, with two small birds in flight above the rocks. The muted ink-and-color landscape is mounted on a cream paper sheet bearing a Chinese inscription label.

Artist: Formerly attributed to Zhao Yong 趙雍 (1291-1361)
Date: 1368-1644
Medium: Color on silk
Source: Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size: 2622 × 3238 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1644).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

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