Mu Yuying Smashes the Gate of Heaven Formation
A dense battle scene in a Chinese woodblock print, with mounted warriors, banners and drifting clouds across a sandy plain. Figures in armor charge with spears and swords while supernatural fighters hurl stones from the sky above the formation.
Look closer: Small airborne figures and flying stones among the clouds above the battle.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1662–1722
- Medium
- Multicolor woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 2190 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1722).
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, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund